On 8/24/2026 9:10 AM, Barry S. Finkel via Mailman-Users wrote:
I have rece3ived MANY spam messages from Google Groups to which I have
NEVER subscribed. I have reported every one that has gotten past the
Yahoo!/att.net spam filter. I have not seen on in a few months; they
seem to come in spurts. And when I look at the RFC 5322 mil header,
I see evidence that the mail has been forwarded somehow. The header
is too complicated for me to determine the origin.
I gave up reporting Gmail spam many years ago now, but when the Google
Groups spam started becoming a problem for me, I made an effort at
reporting them, but unsurprisingly, this accomplished nothing. Google
doesn't care, they don't have to. (tipping my cap to Lilly Tomlin's
Ernestine)
I then moved on to trying to find out if they could be blocked wholesale
(yes, easily) and if my users would care. It seems blocking Google
Groups is not uncommon, and thankfully, my users have not cared. I
suspect the ratio of legit mail to spam/scam mail coming out of Google
Groups is quite low.
- Ron
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