On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 17:24 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Andrew Kelly wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 00:39 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > >> On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 09:54 +0200, Andrew Kelly wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > >>> But > >>> I sure can say that I get a ***t-load of spam from gmail accounts, and > >>> that gmail either does not have an abuse mechanism in place, or simply > >>> refuses to respond to it's use. > >>> Whatever the case, gmail is the new hotmail in my admin life. In fact, > >>> aol has fallen to 4th place on my personal list of "The Rings of Hell". > >>> gmail, hotmail, yahoo, aol, in that order. > >> Wow, it's worked really well for me. Maybe you don't have something > >> clicked on in your preferences?? Ric > > > > Ah, sorry, that was a bit unclear on my part. I meant that the mail > > servers I maintain and the user-base I administer are plagued by the > > aforementioned. > > which I assume you to mean is spam which claims to be from > someone@xxxxxxxxxx A fair assumption. > I for one have seen little spam that really does come from gmail, it's > mostly injected from broadband accounts (as determined by host name) (un > usa) or universities in .cn. As I qualified in earlier mail, the bulk of it all is simply overlooked by me. But there are times when I have to follow up on specific instances, and being good at what I do, I am able to correctly identify the source. I stand by what I've already stated. Andy
