SPAM :(

[Vaclav Haisman]

Can't we do something about the spam?

 

[Frank Steinmetzger]

Vaclav Haisman schrob:

Can't we do something about the spam?

You could put gmail on the blacklist (as many already do as a last solution)
or teach your Thunderbird to recognise it. There are many pertinent
keywords in the subject that should make it quite easy.

 

[Default User]

Can't we do something about the spam?

On an individual basis, create filters. I've had good luck with a set
of keywords. I see very little.

On a community basis, you can report it to Google Groups, which is the
vector for almost all spam these days. Unforunately, they seem to be
unreponsive.




Brian

 

[Charles Coldwell]

Vaclav Haisman schrob:


You could put gmail on the blacklist

I think it's important to make a distinction between "gmail" and
"Google Groups" here. What you want to blacklist is not a return
address @gmail.com (most spammers won't supply one, some legitimate
posters do), but a message-id header matching the regular expression
<.*\\.googlegroups\\.com>. That eliminates 99.9% of the spam, and
quite a few annoying noobs as well.

Google seem to believe that having bought DejaNews, they now own
usenet. Apparently they don't take good care of their possessions,
either.

Chip

 

[Default User]

I think it's important to make a distinction between "gmail" and
"Google Groups" here. What you want to blacklist is not a return
address @gmail.com (most spammers won't supply one, some legitimate
posters do), but a message-id header matching the regular expression
<.*\\.googlegroups\\.com>. That eliminates 99.9% of the spam, and
quite a few annoying noobs as well.

And quite a few other, legitimate contributors, especially those from
some of the Asian countries. A BAD solution.

A set of keyword filters will take care of the majority of the problem,
without the collateral damage of either a gmail or GG domain block.




Brian

 

[Frank Steinmetzger]

Charles Coldwell schrob:

I think it's important to make a distinction between "gmail" and
"Google Groups" here.

You're right, I got that thought the day after I wrote this.