In article <iIMuj.9306$kz3.6976@trndny03>,
"Dave Bugg" > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
> > In article >,
> > brother mouse > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:36:32 +0000, Dave Bugg wrote:
> >>
> >>> Gmail spammers have so loaded down usenet with junk spam that I've
> >>> decided to block the domain. There are several of you that I really
> >>> enjoy reading, like Om and HeyBub, who use Gmail and whose posts I
> >>> will miss (guys, please switch).
> >>
> >> I assume you mean google groups users rather than those that have
> >> @gmail.com return addresses.
> >>
> >> http://improve-usenet.org/index.html
> >
> > Unfortunately, no. Some people find that it is just easier to block
> > posters who put "gmail" in the "from" field.

And some people have no choice. Looks like you're using OE, and the
link above says that you can't kill the spammers any other way, without
adding more software.

> > I find these mildly offensive. It's like the retail merchant who says
> > that it is too much work to find out who steals from his store, so he
> > just doesn't serve customers with dark skin. Says it works great.
>
> It's not the same as all. And what's offensive is to try and insert a racial
> analogy. WebTV is a much better analogy.

Can we go 50/50 here? It's not much similar, but it reminds me of it?
And I never liked it when people killed the entire Webtv domain, either.


> > Dave mentions people who "use" gmail, but if you look at the bottom of
> > some posts from people who put "gmail" in the "from" field, they
> > freely admit that they don't use the account at all,
>
> I made a large point of that several times.

Sorry, I missed that.

> > it is just there
> > because it is required (and must be valid) to use their news service.
> > The spammers who harvest Email from the "from" field can harvest all
> > they want, those people never read mail from those Email accounts.
>
> But the effect is the same as if they were really from gmail. Gmail users
> can easily munge their address, but more and more folks are blocking gmail
> period, rather than waste huge chunks of time.

I don't understand the first half of the above paragraph. I have a lot
more posts to read in this thread, so maybe some things will get clearer
in my mind.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA