Greg,

Not sure if you would have noticed this; it seems to affect all of
us.  Here's your profile:

http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=Zv7tuxAAAACy4JMQo8Z2z60KpjGFZb6i

Very disconcerting to see messages attributed to me that I didn't
post.

On Nov 22, 10:54 am, "Gregory D'alesandre" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'll check in with the Groups team on this.
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> Greg
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> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Must be my searches for a mermaid costume to wear to meetings with Google
> > spilled over to the forums…. Dupe Posts often get deleted from groups, and
> > if a spam group forwards posts to make it looked well trafficked it builds
> > ranking.****
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> > ** **
>
> > Google Groups is a haven for spammers.  Using the ListServe (email) is a
> > great way to make sure you get everything and that your messages are seen,
> > and you see everything.****
>
> > ** **
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> > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Schnitzer
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:13 AM
> > *To:* [email protected]
> > *Subject:* Re: [google-appengine] Re: WTF again. Why so many GAE group
> > posts are moved into "American-porn" group?****
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> > ** **
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> > Fascinating, you're right - it looks like Google Groups is under attack.
> >  I just found a post of mine now missing from the original group:****
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> > ** **
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> >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/adultmermaidcostume/yE9miJdTqYU/iFv1n...
> > ****
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> > ** **
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> > Wow.  This completely mangles the appengine group archives.  I take it
> > back, it's time to panic :-)****
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> > ** **
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> > Jeff****
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> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Barry Hunter <[email protected]>
> > wrote:****
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> > Some are being moved
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> > Take
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> >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/...
> > Only shows two posts.
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> > Rest of the posts are here
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> >http://groups.google.com/group/American-porn2/browse_thread/thread/fa...
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> > (they appear to be moved, rather than simply copied, as they have the
> > right sender, and missing from the original group)
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> > Checking in Gmail (I'm subscribed to the group by email), I received
> > all four posts via the group originally for that thread.
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> > Your profile
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> >https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=yjPEIRMAAABY6fDofa0...
> > looks interesting too. Posts in all sorts of funny groups.****
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> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > I am confused.  Here is a post of mine on the spam group:
> > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/american-porn2/IGFoSO2FzAM/4hZjbkTtbUkJ
> > > Here is my post in the original group (still there!):
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> >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/Drbxq4tKMHk/xZMYOG1-...
> > > Looks like a straight-up copy.  Are you sure you were looking in the
> > right
> > > group for the original?  ie google-appengine vs google-appengine-java?
> > > The group should be yanked, yes, but not panicked over :-)
> > > Jeff
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> > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Tapir <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > >> It is EXACTLY moved.
> > >> It seems the Google Groups has secure holes.
> > >> I have reported it to the Google Groups team.
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> > >> On Nov 22, 7:57 pm, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> > Not moved, copied.  This is almost certainly someone using Google
> > Groups
> > >> > to
> > >> > (try to) game search engine rankings.
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> > >> > Jeff
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> > >> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Tapir <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >http://groups.google.com/group/American-porn2/search?group=American-p...
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