Comments on: Spammers Choose GMail

By: David Swarbrick

David Swarbrick — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:28:34 +0000

You miss the point – entirely. It is not that (we) gmail account holders have a good life, but that a huge proportion of spam now originates _from_ gmail accounts. I manage a forum. Well over 50% of spam comes from gmail accounts. I cannot remember seeing a hotmail one.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:26:11 +0000

Pastor Jim nails it. My gmail account does not get spam. Ever. It all ends up in the spam folder and I have never seen a false positive from random checking. My gmail for domains account, however, seems to have the occasional one sneak through every week or so.

By: Trash

Trash — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:40:40 +0000

Spammers should be forced to do 30 seconds of community service for each spam they send, about the time it takes us to delete the crap.

Personally though I’m all for cutting off their hands. The shear amount of time 1 top spammer wastes of millions of people’s time is unreal. Chop off a few hands and the problem will stop.

By: chat-mx.com » Blog Archive » Los spammers eligen GMail

chat-mx.com » Blog Archive » Los spammers eligen GMail — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:44:55 +0000

[...] Enlace: Spammers Choose GMail [...]

By: Los spammers eligen GMail | Bajalo.com - Videos Gratis, Musica, Noticias, Deportes, Tecnologia, Farandula y mucho mas

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:34:36 +0000

[...] Enlace: Spammers Choose GMail [...]

By: Spammers Choose GMail | Kaizenlog

Spammers Choose GMail | Kaizenlog — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:46:35 +0000

[...] 0. http://www.allspammedup.com/ 1. http://www.allspammedup.com/2008/07/spammers-choose-gmail/ Popularity: unranked [?] Listen to this podcast Print This Post Tags: Spammers [...]

By: dualsub2006

dualsub2006 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:39:59 +0000

Maybe you should go back and actually read that PDF. I read it and spam from Gmail is lowest in their report at 2.5%. The “probability” that a message you receive through Gmail is spam rose to 27%. BIG DIFFERENCE.

By: Pastor Jim

Pastor Jim — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:21:13 +0000

Google seems to be doing a great job of filtering the spam out of my inbox. Zero in the past 11 days! That said, their new account signup is broken and badly, urgently needs to be repaired. I’m sure they are aware and working on it, but they have shown signs of paranoia when challenged on their other foibles. Some folks have begun to forward all of their spam to abuse@gmail.com. They have experienced quite a jump. They can’t be happy campers right now!

By: Victor Escobar

Victor Escobar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:21:31 +0000

A big problem is that it’s not sufficient to rely on difficulty of automation to cut down on the creation of throw-away spam accounts. What a lot of people don’t realise is that a lot of spam accounts are opened not by scripts — but by Asians and Latin Americans sweating in internet cafes, getting paid pennies for every account they create. We won’t be able to make serious inroads against the spam dilemma as long as: (1) people continue to buy their products; and (2) an excess of cheap labour in developing countries provides grist for the spamming mill.

By: ionotter

ionotter — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:20:26 +0000

Gosh...wouldn't Google be in the PERFECT POSITION to take on the Blue Security model of spam fighting? Have every Gmail user with a BlueFrog client on their machine to take down the offending websites? Oh Lordy, I get moist at the thought of it...

By: Spammers Choose GMail « DigitalMall.net.my : Malaysia’s Digital Guide

Spammers Choose GMail « DigitalMall.net.my : Malaysia’s Digital Guide — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:15:40 +0000

[...] study by Roaring Penguin has discovered that during the past three weeks, the amount of spam originating from Gmail has risen [...]

By: Archness

Archness — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:13:46 +0000

Maybe they should go back to sms verification or something like that and limit phone numbers.

By: Internet: Los spammers eligen GMail - ALT1040

Internet: Los spammers eligen GMail - ALT1040 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:06:02 +0000

[...] Spammers Choose GMail ← Anterior | Inicio Comparte esta anotación [...]

By: Security is not a one-company issue

Security is not a one-company issue — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:38:34 +0000

[...] vulnerability has seemingly only just been discovered, however a recent study shows a 27% rise in unwanted email actually originating from Google Mail (Gmail everywhere else but [...]

By: Yumfy

Yumfy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:09:37 +0000

Good story. But the answer is simple. If you had the right email address, it wouldn’t matter WHERE the spam came from or originated. You simply would not receive it. Not only that but tons of emails that you wanted to get are getting caught up and lost by filters.
A couple weeks ago Lee Gomes in the Wall Street Journal wrote that he found out that 46 percent of email that he wanted was not making it to him because of filters. There is a simple answer that everyone is overlooking. A free EnterTo.com email address eliminates spam without filters and eliminates lost emails due to filters. Here is a video about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Nxfnv06ug

By: i lasered my pubes

i lasered my pubes — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:22:18 +0000

Getting a gmail account is too easy, either go back to the old invite system, or the old cell phone activation they once had, gmail’s signup captcha is far too easy.

By: l a

l a — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:52:19 +0000

I seem to have heard someone mentioning at the very least a language filter, that if a percentage of the email is not in the person’s chosen language, it gets killed, ….might help the flow a little bit more of good emails vs. bad ones.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:33:30 +0000

Spammers should be jailed. Spam-enabling mail domains should be shut down. Get rid of public email services – nothing should be free, including spam and the migraines they cause.

By: Sam Alex

Sam Alex — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:28:34 +0000

I completely agree … When Gmail first came out you had to be referred, which i think really helped. But now anyone and everyone can create an account. Not bad per say, but being I use Gmail as my primary account I’d hate for it to get the wrap of hotmail where folks start blocking mail from the gmail servers… kinda like what they do in usenet already.

Google needs to get their stuff fixed…

By: gerald berke

gerald berke — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:00:06 +0000

Very good. Google needs to ramp up from “do no evil” to “do good” as far as spam is concerned. they have great filters, but that’s not enough. they should absolutely not host that stuff.
interesting that that captcha whatever got broken? wow. I can’t get through that. I notice that on lots of systems, it gets easier as you fail.
That challenge system needs to be improved.