Mensanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On May 2, 1:20 pm, Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Mensanator wrote: >> > On May 2, 9:53 am, Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Shawn Milochik wrote: >> >>> How does one "plonk" stuff from Google Groups? Specifically, how >> >>> can this be done in Gmail? >> >> Set up a filter that looks for some phrase in the mail headers that >> >> identifies messages originating from google groups. Gmail's filters are >> >> fairly flexible. I'd probably just have it look for certain words. >> >> Look at an e-mail's source (raw view) and particularly check in the >> >> headers for things to filter by. >> >> > Why don't you just block all messages from Gmail? >> >> Brilliant! Seeing as he's asking about doing the filtering in Gmail >> (implying it's use for his own posting and viewing the list) that would >> work splendidly for him! Or not. >> >> Of course you're not likely to see this message either since I and many >> folks on here post from gmail. >> >> Spam comes mainly from Google Groups, not as much from Gmail in my >> experience. > > I didn't say it was POSTED from gmail, but the spammers often have > gmail addresses, to wit:
You're confusing gmail addresses and Google Groups (groups.google.com), which can be used as a web interface to usenet and mailing lists. Look at the 'Organisation' header of the messages you quote. It seems most of the spam on comp.lang.python is posted from Google Groups, *including* the one with a 'From' header which is not a gmail address. So it would be more efficient to block messages posted from Google Groups than the ones from gmail addresses. -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
