Re: Sharp increase in Google Groups spam.

Kaz Kylheku <[email protected]> wrote in news:20200828235007.630
@kylheku.com:

> On 2020-08-28, Aioe <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Il Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:02:36 +0000, Kaz Kylheku ha scritto:
>>
>>> Some few days ago, I started seeing a sudden, unprecedented volume of
>>> spam originating from Google Groups, in groups like comp.unix.shell,
>>> comp.lang.c and others.
>>
>> could you send me some sample?
> 
> What, like by e-mail?
> 
> I'm astonished that you cannot just open up a newsgroup like
> "comp.lang.c" and take a look.
> 
> New instances of this have appeared over just the past hour or so.
> 
> The volume is overwhelming regular discussions.
> 
> Here is a SLRN "screenshot":
> 
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> 37  D        60:[Tim Rentsch ]    Re: pointer to pointer to struct
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>  [0/50 unread] Group: comp.lang.c                            -- 1/39 
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IIRC they need the headers from the spam email.  A post here is probably 
fine.  These posts are appearing in many groups.