Subj : Re: Spam
To   : Vorlon
From : Avon
Date : Thu Nov 30 2023 10:29 pm

On 29 Nov 2023 at 11:29a, Vorlon pondered and said...
 
 Vo> Can you please add googlegroups to the soupgate block list.
 Vo> 
 Vo> The gated raspberry pi newsgroup has started to get flodded with spam
 Vo> from googlegroups.

I have added a filter to the gateway that I hope will nobble this and have also taken steps to try an implement filtering at the NNTP server to remove incoming posts coming from googlegroups. Admittedly it's a fairly drastic step but I think based on what I am seeing globally in news peers it's a major issue at the moment with spammers using Google Groups to inflict some major damage to Usenet :(

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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