Chad Waters on 27 Aug 2004 20:23:03 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] OT: gmail invites available.


On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 03:01:26PM -0400, Rebecca Ore wrote:
> 
> On Friday, August 27, 2004, at 10:49 AM, Chris Mann wrote:
> 
> >I'm out of invites right now, when I get more, I'll offer them up to 
> >the
> >list :)
> >
> 
> I've got some, if people will email me directly at 
> rebecca.ore@verizon.net.
> 
> The accounts accumulate spam at an absolutely amazing rate, so either 
> they're getting dictionary attacks or Google has a searchable database 
> of mailing addresses.

Really? I haven't noticed that problem at all. I've had an account for
over a month and the only spam I get on it is through unmoderated 
debian lists. There's nothing, absolutely nothing, that was addressed directly
to me.

I have, however, noticed a lot of false-positives particularly with messages
containing code examples.

-C

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