[NA-Discuss] Gmail As Open-Relay Spam Server

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  Again confirming our members long standing displeasure
with Google's business practices has gained additional
dubious public exposure.  I doubt however that such
will in any meaningful way persuade Google from it's
increasingly errant ways.  But until it does, our members
will continue to block Gmail and not use any Google service
of any sort.  We have been unable to persuade Google to
discontinue it's errant ways.  It also appears that DHS
and the FTC have also failed to dissuade Google effectively
as well over the past few years of their illegal ways at
the expense of all users anywhere. Or perhaps they haven't 
tried very hard to do so? One wonders, eh?

  My questions are to Vint Cerf.  When the heck are  you going
to get your folks to stop spamming everyone it feels it
wishes?  Does Google disrespect users that much?

>From Slashdot:

A little problem Google is having that has http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080510-security-flaw-turns-gmail-into-open-relay-server.html  Gmail acting like an open relay. Compounding the issue 
is the fact that services such as Hotmail and Yahoo trust Gmail as a 
source of mail. "A recently-discovered flaw in Gmail is capable of turning Google's e-mail service into a highly effective spam machine. According to the
Information Security Research Team (INSERT), Gmail is susceptible to a
man-in-the-middle attack that allows a spammer to send thousands of bulk
e-mails through Google's SMTP service without fear of detection. This
attack bypasses both Google's identity fraud protection mechanisms and
the current 500-address limit on bulk e-mail."

Regretful Regards,

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