It's not that *this* list is a target. It's that *every* list is a target. The cost to send spam is practically zero, so it would take more time and energy to decide what lists *not* to spam. The sad thing is that it works and is obviously profitable, otherwise it would have stopped long ago.
-Chad On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Scott Haneda <talkli...@newgeo.com> wrote: > > I do not really understand their motivation, 99% of the groups out there are > not going to be susceptible to spam. Most groups are tech, or at least, > highly niche, and the people on it are going to know it is spam. Most > groups are filtered into a folder, there are just so many red flags. > > Spammers are a strange group. > > How come this list is such a target? I am on some other google groups, > larger than this by a fair degree, and this does not happen. > -- > Scott * If you contact me off list replace talklists@ with scott@ * > > On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Jeffrey Greenberg wrote: > >> This looks just great... can't wait to try itj >> >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Peter Denton >> <petermden...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I would say, considering I can only recall a few spam posts getting >>> through, you guys [sic] do a great job. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Why yes we can, and we do... loads of it. >>>> >>>> The problem is that these spammers are spoofing the "from" address of >>>> list owners who usually get automatically posted and skip the >>>> moderation step. This is a flaw of the way Google Groups handles >>>> incoming posts, and not of the group admins. >>>> >>>> -Chad >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Dave Briccetti <da...@davebsoft.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Google group admins can actually DELETE spam, too, which would be >>>>> nice. > >
