Re: Google Groups Spam Continues

From	kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Google Groups Spam Continues
Date	2026-04-19 16:12 -0400
Organization	Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
Message-ID	<10s3cvs$cnh$1@panix2.panix.com> (permalink)
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JJ  <jj4public@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The spammers subscribe your address to the list - without your consent.
>
>GG's has a setting on its "Global settings" gear icon.
>Section "Allow group managers to:" has:
>"Add me to their groups" checkbox.
>"Invite me to their groups" checkbox.
>
>Mine are all unchecked. IIRC, they're disabled by default, but I may be
>wrong.

I don't have a google account.  I have no google groups account.  I do not
have any connection to google.

Yet, I get hourly spam from google groups.  Procmail is my friend.
--scott


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