It can happen with a lot of free email accounts. Your best bet is to enable something like [re]Captcha, or really anything that makes your user creation process something different from the default.
Its script-kiddy madness. Do something that breaks their script, and you can allow Gmail (or any) accounts without worry. -- ME2 On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Eric Brouwer <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry. Completely unclear on my part. I too get very little spam sent TO > my gmail account. > We were getting dozens of bogus registrations daily on our forum from > entities with gmail accounts. If allowed to register, they spam the heck > out of the forum with pr0n posts. > On Dec 11, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Steve Kelsay wrote: > > Strange. I have not had any problems whatsoever with spam on Gmail, and I > use it voraciously. The spam, filters they have in place seem to have > protected me very well. Are you referring to spam being sent TO you, or to > someone else using your address? > > From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:15 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Gmail Enables -SMS TXT > > Probably nothing. Gmail is, or has, become the mail account of choice with > spammers. I run a forum for my wife, and we had to ban registrations from > gmail accounts. Pity Google does nothing (that I know of) about the abuse. > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Roger Wright wrote: > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10120918-2.html > > What's to keep spammers from blasting out SMS TXT messages to people from a > free Gmail account? > > > Roger Wright > Network Administrator > Evatone, Inc. > 727.572.7076 x388 > > <image002.jpg> > _____ > > > > "Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane > every night of our lives." - William Dement > > > > > > > > > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > [email protected] > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > [email protected] > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
