fliptop Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Howdy all - some time ago I posted regarding how spam from google servers is being /dev/null'd: In that thread I asked of the reported IP addresses will become part of the SC block list, and was told any IPs reported via SC feed the SCBL. However, since then I've encountered spam from google IPs that I've reported but don't seem to be blacklisted. About a month ago I started keeping track of the IPs and here's a list of the IPs that have sent multiple spam messages even though I have reported them: 209.85.160.187: 3 209.85.161.56: 2 209.85.161.63: 3 209.85.166.177: 2 209.85.166.47: 3 209.85.167.184: 3 209.85.167.65: 2 209.85.208.177: 2 209.85.208.179: 2 209.85.208.45: 2 209.85.208.52: 2 209.85.208.66: 2 209.85.219.172: 2 209.85.219.196: 2 209.85.219.55: 2 209.85.221.51: 2 209.85.222.183: 2 209.85.222.66: 2 the # after the colon is the number of spam messages I've received and reported. I'm guessing these IPs are getting blacklisted but only for a short period of time? Are they automatically removed or does google have to request to be delisted? About 90% of the spam I receive comes from google IPs. I'm getting tired of what seems to be them just thumbing their nose at our efforts to combat this problem. Anyone have any ideas what's going on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarlymarley Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 6 hours ago, fliptop said: In that thread I asked of the reported IP addresses will become part of the SC block list, and was told any IPs reported via SC feed the SCBL. Any reported IPs help feed the SCBL, however, there are thresholds in the number for them to get onto the list. If there are more reports, IPs seem to be listed longer. I think it requlres reports from more than one person (probably at least four or five people) to be listed on the SCBL. 6 hours ago, fliptop said: I'm guessing these IPs are getting blacklisted but only for a short period of time? Are they automatically removed or does google have to request to be delisted? Any IP on the SCBL will automatically be delisted about 24 hours after the last reported spam. I have seen it automatically delist after about 4 hours, so I suspect that different amounts of spam reports can change how long it will be listed. I believe SpamCop did this because spammers were returning their burnt IP blocks back to the registrar and good people were acquiring IPs from these burnt blocks. 6 hours ago, fliptop said: About 90% of the spam I receive comes from google IPs. I'm getting tired of what seems to be them just thumbing their nose at our efforts to combat this problem. Anyone have any ideas what's going on here? I suspect this is internal politics and the google admins could be tired of being forced to allow any business potential "test" sign-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliptop Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 4:01 PM, gnarlymarley said: I believe SpamCop did this because spammers were returning their burnt IP blocks back to the registrar and good people were acquiring IPs from these burnt blocks. How likely is it that google will be giving back their IPs? Since their alert emails are being /dev/null'd, they should be forced to go through some kind of procedure to get their offending IPs delisted. Just my $0.02. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarlymarley Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 22 hours ago, fliptop said: How likely is it that google will be giving back their IPs? Not likely that google will be giving back their IPs with cloud computing. More likely they spammers will give up the cloud instance to someone else, who may or may not be a spammer. Hence if you sign up with any cloud service, you could be getting an IP that was previous use to spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyLynn Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 You know how google ignores abuse@, spam@ and even their reporting form? Well they don't ignore google-cloud-compliance@google.com I've been sending all my reports to that email address. I got it one time when spamcop actually sent in a report to it. It's been working! I use to have emails daily from "colleen" who was using gmail. Everyday for weeks my reports via spamcop and even their form page went ignored. The very day I grabbed this email address and reported her no more emails. I don't know how long this will work, but I hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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