OT: youngprofessionals_ke@googlegroups.com
Is anyone aware who the owner of the above group is? Is it possible he's a member of this forum? How does someone auto subscribe people in a group and does not even give an option to opt out, then fill your mailbox with irrelevant mails?
Report the abuse to google. If enough people complain the group will be shut down for violating ToS. Then mark the emails as spam iwe funzo kwao On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:41 AM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
Is anyone aware who the owner of the above group is? Is it possible he's a member of this forum? How does someone auto subscribe people in a group and does not even give an option to opt out, then fill your mailbox with irrelevant mails?
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@Rad, I have just reported to google. You should see the sort of discussions going on there...so annoying. @Ashok, unfortunately this is a yahoo account. I have also activated a filter on yahoo that sends the mails to SPAM directly and deletes immediately. People should just stop doing this. On 10/28/2010 11:54 AM, Rad! wrote:
Report the abuse to google. If enough people complain the group will be shut down for violating ToS. Then mark the emails as spam iwe funzo kwao
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:41 AM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com <mailto:kagwejg@gmail.com>> wrote:
Is anyone aware who the owner of the above group is? Is it possible he's a member of this forum? How does someone auto subscribe people in a group and does not even give an option to opt out, then fill your mailbox with irrelevant mails?
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Just go to http://groups.google.com/group/youngprofessionals_ke/subscribe (login with the google account that emails are sent to if not already logged in ) On 10/28/2010 11:41 AM, James Kagwe wrote:
Is anyone aware who the owner of the above group is? Is it possible he's a member of this forum? How does someone auto subscribe people in a group and does not even give an option to opt out, then fill your mailbox with irrelevant mails?
<http://groups.google.com/groups/mysubs?s=1&hl=en> If you access the above link -- and check the option "Do not allow group managers to directly add me to their groups." ... they wont able to subscribe you automatically to google groups.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:41 AM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
Is anyone aware who the owner of the above group is? Is it possible he's a member of this forum? How does someone auto subscribe people in a group and does not even give an option to opt out, then fill your mailbox with irrelevant mails?
Hi James, Just login to your gmail.com account, then open groups.google.com on another tab and unsubscribe from the group. Then edit your prefs so that you are not subscribed to _ANY_ other group without your approval. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James have to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first place? Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:41 AM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
Is anyone aware who the owner of the above group is? Is it possible he's a member of this forum? How does someone auto subscribe people in a group and does not even give an option to opt out, then fill your mailbox with irrelevant mails?
Hi James,
Just login to your gmail.com account, then open groups.google.com on another tab and unsubscribe from the group. Then edit your prefs so that you are not subscribed to _ANY_ other group without your approval.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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hehehehe Is this a case of you are subscribed unless you disagree? On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James have to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first place?
Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:41 AM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
Is anyone aware who the owner of the above group is? Is it possible he's a member of this forum? How does someone auto subscribe people in a group and does not even give an option to opt out, then fill your mailbox with irrelevant mails?
Hi James,
Just login to your gmail.com account, then open groups.google.com on another tab and unsubscribe from the group. Then edit your prefs so that you are not subscribed to _ANY_ other group without your approval.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James have to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first place?
Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful
While I don't intend to protect the group admin, I still think that you are simply pushing this too far as this is nothing new. We've taken this journey before, right? The forum which was the issue then was 'closed' but it reincarnated. Why don't we just accept that spam is part and parcel of e-mail and move on? If you've got a way to opt-out, it's easier than crying over it. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
@wash agree totally. spam is part of life (especially if you are on the Skunkworks list ...) Even if it is a yahoo email address you can register it is probably registered as a Google account already. Just try to login to Google Groups using the account and if it does not work/ does not exist register a new Google Accont using the yahoo email address or associate the yahoo email address with an existing Google account. Maybe just time to switch email address? :) http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address On 10/28/2010 01:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com <mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com>> wrote:
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James have to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first place?
Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful
While I don't intend to protect the group admin, I still think that you are simply pushing this too far as this is nothing new. We've taken this journey before, right? The forum which was the issue then was 'closed' but it reincarnated. Why don't we just accept that spam is part and parcel of e-mail and move on? If you've got a way to opt-out, it's easier than crying over it.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223
On 10/28/2010 1:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com <mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com>> wrote:
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James have to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first place?
Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful
While I don't intend to protect the group admin, I still think that you are simply pushing this too far as this is nothing new. We've taken this journey before, right? The forum which was the issue then was 'closed' but it reincarnated. Why don't we just accept that spam is part and parcel of e-mail and move on? If you've got a way to opt-out, it's easier than crying over it.
While I totally agree with you in your opinion above, I really feel for the person who is not a techie like me and who if auto subscribed would not be able to block such mails. I'm talking of an average of 20-50 emails a day on topics like politics, tribalism, advertisements, announcements Sx, tithe, mortgage.... and the list is endless.. If one did not have a way to go around it, then you'd have to close your account and create another one. This is not acceptable and more especially if by any chance is being perpetuated by people who should be leading the way in making peoples lifes easier by use of technology. James
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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Creating spam filters won't address the cause, create bounce filters and have some backscatter to the group, then they will also have to deal with your bounces, and if a thousand guys do this, then the end is nigh. ./Ok3ch On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/28/2010 1:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James have to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first place? Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful
While I don't intend to protect the group admin, I still think that you are simply pushing this too far as this is nothing new. We've taken this journey before, right? The forum which was the issue then was 'closed' but it reincarnated. Why don't we just accept that spam is part and parcel of e-mail and move on? If you've got a way to opt-out, it's easier than crying over it.
While I totally agree with you in your opinion above, I really feel for the person who is not a techie like me and who if auto subscribed would not be able to block such mails. I'm talking of an average of 20-50 emails a day on topics like politics, tribalism, advertisements, announcements Sx, tithe, mortgage.... and the list is endless.. If one did not have a way to go around it, then you'd have to close your account and create another one.
This is not acceptable and more especially if by any chance is being perpetuated by people who should be leading the way in making peoples lifes easier by use of technology.
James
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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@okechukwu, you mean like.... xxx is out of office on holiday and if you need an intelligent response you can contact yyyyy? On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
Creating spam filters won't address the cause, create bounce filters and have some backscatter to the group, then they will also have to deal with your bounces, and if a thousand guys do this, then the end is nigh.
./Ok3ch
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/28/2010 1:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James have to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first
place?
Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful
While I don't intend to protect the group admin, I still think that you are simply pushing this too far as this is nothing new. We've taken this journey before, right? The forum which was the issue then was 'closed' but it reincarnated. Why don't we just accept that spam is part and parcel of e-mail and move on? If you've got a way to opt-out, it's easier than crying over it.
While I totally agree with you in your opinion above, I really feel for the person who is not a techie like me and who if auto subscribed would not be able to block such mails. I'm talking of an average of 20-50 emails a day on topics like politics, tribalism, advertisements, announcements Sx, tithe, mortgage.... and the list is endless.. If one did not have a way to go around it, then you'd have to close your account and create another one.
This is not acceptable and more especially if by any chance is being perpetuated by people who should be leading the way in making peoples lifes easier by use of technology.
James
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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No, not out of office, I pick most of my mails by POP3, and amsure you can also do it on IMAP - you set what most MUA's call pre-processing rules/filters which are done on the server before the mails are picked, and the rule should bounce back the mail to the sender, with you are the new sender. Am not sure if outlook supports these, but most open source MUA's will support pre-processing ./Ok3ch On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:17 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
@okechukwu, you mean like....
xxx is out of office on holiday and if you need an intelligent response you can contact yyyyy?
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
Creating spam filters won't address the cause, create bounce filters and have some backscatter to the group, then they will also have to deal with your bounces, and if a thousand guys do this, then the end is nigh.
./Ok3ch
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/28/2010 1:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James
have
to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first place? Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful
While I don't intend to protect the group admin, I still think that you are simply pushing this too far as this is nothing new. We've taken this journey before, right? The forum which was the issue then was 'closed' but it reincarnated. Why don't we just accept that spam is part and parcel of e-mail and move on? If you've got a way to opt-out, it's easier than crying over it.
While I totally agree with you in your opinion above, I really feel for the person who is not a techie like me and who if auto subscribed would not be able to block such mails. I'm talking of an average of 20-50 emails a day on topics like politics, tribalism, advertisements, announcements Sx, tithe, mortgage.... and the list is endless.. If one did not have a way to go around it, then you'd have to close your account and create another one.
This is not acceptable and more especially if by any chance is being perpetuated by people who should be leading the way in making peoples lifes easier by use of technology.
James
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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-- Regards,
Collins Areba.
*Strategic Operations. * *Center for Renewable Alternatives* Old Ferry Road, off Msa Malindi Rd, | Kilifi, Kenya. +254 720 516758 /734 696821 | skype/gtalk/twitter: arebacollins
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Am not sure about Yahoo, but gmail can create also these filters on IMAP ./Ok3ch On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
No, not out of office, I pick most of my mails by POP3, and amsure you can also do it on IMAP - you set what most MUA's call pre-processing rules/filters which are done on the server before the mails are picked, and the rule should bounce back the mail to the sender, with you are the new sender. Am not sure if outlook supports these, but most open source MUA's will support pre-processing
./Ok3ch
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:17 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
@okechukwu, you mean like....
xxx is out of office on holiday and if you need an intelligent response you can contact yyyyy?
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
Creating spam filters won't address the cause, create bounce filters and have some backscatter to the group, then they will also have to deal with your bounces, and if a thousand guys do this, then the end is nigh.
./Ok3ch
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/28/2010 1:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James
have
to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first place? Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful
While I don't intend to protect the group admin, I still think that you are simply pushing this too far as this is nothing new. We've taken this journey before, right? The forum which was the issue then was 'closed' but it reincarnated. Why don't we just accept that spam is part and parcel of e-mail and move on? If you've got a way to opt-out, it's easier than crying over it.
While I totally agree with you in your opinion above, I really feel for the person who is not a techie like me and who if auto subscribed would not be able to block such mails. I'm talking of an average of 20-50 emails a day on topics like politics, tribalism, advertisements, announcements Sx, tithe, mortgage.... and the list is endless.. If one did not have a way to go around it, then you'd have to close your account and create another one.
This is not acceptable and more especially if by any chance is being perpetuated by people who should be leading the way in making peoples lifes easier by use of technology.
James
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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-- Regards,
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On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/28/2010 1:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Good measures, but this is still unnecessary work. Why should James have to do all this work yet he never subscribed to the group in the first place?
Such spammers must be dealt with ruthlessly to discourage this behaviour on the part of group admins to subscribe people against their will. If they realize their groups will be reported and ultimately banned this might make them more careful
While I don't intend to protect the group admin, I still think that you are simply pushing this too far as this is nothing new. We've taken this journey before, right? The forum which was the issue then was 'closed' but it reincarnated. Why don't we just accept that spam is part and parcel of e-mail and move on? If you've got a way to opt-out, it's easier than crying over it.
While I totally agree with you in your opinion above, I really feel for the person who is not a techie like me and who if auto subscribed would not be able to block such mails. I'm talking of an average of 20-50 emails a day on topics like politics, tribalism, advertisements, announcements Sx, tithe, mortgage.... and the list is endless.. If one did not have a way to go around it, then you'd have to close your account and create another one.
This is not acceptable and more especially if by any chance is being perpetuated by people who should be leading the way in making peoples lifes easier by use of technology.
Hi James, I am subscribed to that forum (willingly sort of) and from what I see, there is a phone contact at the end of every post. While you may ask why you have to call someone in order to handle a subscription you did not request for, it does make sense that at least the "spammer"() is human and reachable. For the record, I know the guy and he's quite responsive. I cannot defend him against e-mail address harvesting, but I like the group, because it undertakes quite a number of community work, which I do participate in either in person or by contribution. If you want, I can call him and ask him to unsubscribe your address (which one is it?) And yes, some posts in that forum are quite irritating, while some are very helpful. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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