Course, some of it -is- just spammers. EG [email protected] (http:// groups.google.com/groups/search? hl=en&q=olipol66%40gmail.com&qt_s=Search) Spams everywhere, hasn't been shut down yet. Fun :/
On Feb 17, 8:36 pm, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > Its not a forum. Its an email list with a web archive that allows posting. > Different animal. > > For example, unless you look at the mail headers you won't know if this > message came from the gmail web UI, a pop client/cellphone/etc, my fios > connection or even a random mail relay. Because of that problem, they can't > just boot someone who got spoofed. > > (On the technical-solution side, they could hold unexpected > outside-origination posts for moderation, but I doubt that feature is > available, or will be. It'd require changes to the profile system to > determine what source a user generally posts from and flag messages from > other sources. And then you get into the nightmare of explaining how it > works to all the random google-groups admins in some sort of reasonable > way.) > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:16 PM, ian <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are you sure? I wouldn't think the sources could be easily spoofed in > > the forum, but I don;t know much about that sort of thing. > > > On Feb 17, 3:00 pm, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The spam is appearing because the sources are generally spoofed. Already > > > several upstanding members have been kicked off various lists that way, > > for > > > no reason. > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:25 PM, ian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I don't like the spam on our discussion group and it seems to be > > > > getting worse in the last week or so. Maybe the sources could be > > > > tracked and lose their accounts > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
