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The real problem at the moment seems to coming through usenetmonster.It is weird that these newsgroups are getting swamped with SPAM
recently!? I wonder if Google or whoever takes care of these
newsgroups can do a better job of filtering or deleting them?
-- Amal
We will have peace in the Middle East before Google does anythingIt is weird that these newsgroups are getting swamped with SPAM
recently!? I wonder if Google or whoever takes care of these
newsgroups can do a better job of filtering or deleting them?
-- Amal
Google groups seem to have let a captcha-cracking spam-botnet slip beyondThe real problem at the moment seems to coming through usenetmonster.
I tried using their X-Complaints-To, but they seem to not give a
damn. So instead I now killfile anything coming through on their
Message-ID.
Not so. I sent complaints to Google about the spam inOn May 22, 6:47 am, Amal <akhailt...@gmail.com> wrote:
It is weird that these newsgroups are getting swamped with SPAM
recently!? I wonder if Google or whoever takes care of these
newsgroups can do a better job of filtering or deleting them?
-- Amal
We will have peace in the Middle East before Google does anything
about SPAM.
Dave,Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.com> wrote:
The real problem at the moment seems to coming through usenetmonster.
I tried using their X-Complaints-To, but they seem to not give a
damn. So instead I now killfile anything coming through on their
Message-ID.
Google groups seem to have let a captcha-cracking spam-botnet slip beyond
their control for the moment since it hits them from multiple IPs.
Also readnews.com is spammer friendly due to rubbish security which allows
a forged NNTP-Posting-Host, forged preloaded path, and forged abuse
address (it's not really Usenet Monster) -- and their claims to have fixed
the problem are demonstrably false for now.
--
Dave Farrance
I did a Google-Groups search on "Usenet Monster spam" and found aHow did you identify that these posts are really coming from readnews.com?
It's being worked on. The giveaway, apparently, was that they'd done itI, too, would love to kill this crap. If readnews is the problem, I will
join in the campaign. The squeaky wheel gets the grease...
I finally got Google Groups to do something about the spam reports IOn 22 May, 17:53, MadHatt...@myself.com wrote:
On May 22, 6:47 am, Amal <akhailt...@gmail.com> wrote:
It is weird that these newsgroups are getting swamped with SPAM
recently!? I wonder if Google or whoever takes care of these
newsgroups can do a better job of filtering or deleting them?
-- Amal
We will have peace in the Middle East before Google does anything
about SPAM.
Not so. I sent complaints to Google about the spam in
alt.os.development and it appears that they have not just removed the
sending accounts but also deleted the spam posts sent.
Maybe their responsiveness is a per-newsgroup thing. Encouraged by
their apparent response I have been reporting spams in other groups to
them for the last couple of months. I can't say I've seen any definite
response yet but I've not been checking for specific messages and ids.
Reporting spam consumes a bit of time but I presume the reason why
some groups are heavily hit with spam is that spammers have been
allowed to get away with it. They tell their friends and before you
know it the spam levels drown out the legitimate posts.
The delay was about 6 weeks for alt.os.development. It may be worth
many folks reporting spam posts for a while to see if that encourages
a faster response.
James
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