Re: The naughty group ??

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:21:25 -0700 (PDT), Frank Raffaeli
<SNIPrf_man_frTHIS@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Apr 16, 3:54 pm, James Arthur <bogusabd...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
I haven't heard a peep from any of the "supposed good guy" posters
from Google Groups.

I assume that they are going to move to a legitimate news server, so I
can drop the white-list ???

...Jim Thompson

Google's down, hopefully cleaning house. I posted this complaint to
Google yesterday regarding a particular piece of Chinese spam:

"Appears to be an offer to sell a prescription drug unlawfully (in the
USA) by mail.

It's part of the spam-via-Google blizzard whereby Google--yes, I mean
your company--is quickly (inadvertently) killing USENET.

The spam is thick enough that other USENETers are simply filtering out
GoogleGroups and gmail posters. That means there's less and less reason
for legitimate Google users to bother posting, since no one will see our
posts

But, unlike newsreader users, GoogleGroupers are helpless against the
spam--we see it all. It would be great if GoogleGroups provided
filtering tools for GoogleGroups users. Google might even use that
input as the start of a spam-detecting tool.

USENET is one of the greatest forces for good, ever. For the first
time in history people from all over the world can interact,
communicate, cooperate, and share ideas by it. We reach greater
understandings of each other, make and share new discoveries through
discussion.

GoogleGroups is a great service, but spam via Google threatens to
drown it all. Please Google, don't let your services be abused by
spammers. Please Google, do no evil."

Cheers,
James Arthur

Thank you for filing the complaint. I used to be a frequent reader and
occasional poster. I don't look in very often anymore. I have no
interest in maintaining a filter or trying to stay one step ahead of
the spammers. My compliments to those who have the diligence to
maintain white-lists and such; however, I believe the real solution is
to prosecute the spammers. I'd rather spend money and ten times the
time on that instead of trying to tweak filters. I hope one day this
group can return to normal through Google access.

Sincerely,
Frank Raffaeli

Did you see my proposal to develop a protocol and submit it to IETF?

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