From: Jerry Avins on
Ron N. wrote:
> On Apr 16, 10:48 am, Richard Owlett <rowl...(a)atlascomm.net> wrote:
>> GregS wrote:
>>> In article <9d7fa0b7-e0bb-4b70-a8fa-4c504f5e5...(a)t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, Mark <makol...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> i know it probably won't help much but we can try
>>>> i know it's meant for websites but maybe at least there is a real
>>>> person on the other end
>>>> http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html
>>>> Mark
>>> I think groups-ab...(a)google.com is the right place to complain,
>>> as well as complaining to the source.
>>> greg
>> Does anyone have even the most minuscule evidence that Google cares?
>
> Would caring solve the problem of millions of random PCs
> making automated posts to unmoderated groups?

Yes. It would require that the spammer create a new groups.google
account every day by voiding any used to send spam. Google could refuse
to establish new accounts for email addresses linked to past abuses.
If they cared.

> I would settle for the same type of statistical spam filters
> they use with gmail, which hides most of the stuff from
> view, even if it does nothing about the actual problem.
>
>
> IMHO. YMMV.

Jerry
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From: Jerry Avins on
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> Jerry Avins wrote:
>> Yes. It would require that the spammer create a new groups.google
>> account every day by voiding any used to send spam. Google could refuse
>> to establish new accounts for email addresses linked to past abuses.
>> If they cared.
>
>
> If they cared, they would permanently block any IP address used to
> flood usenet with spam.
>
>
> BTW, your Followup-To: groups-abuse(a)google.com doesn't work on the
> Netscape 4.78 newsreader. It sets all followups to newsgroups, not
> email.

I should have used "To" or "Cc".

Jerry
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