Finally had to plonk google gorups.

[Mensanator]

On May 2, 1:20 pm, Michael Torrie <torr... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mensanator wrote:
> > On May 2, 9:53 am, Michael Torrie <torr... at gmail.com> 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:

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Why aren't you blaming gmail for it's contribution to the problem?