Google Named No. 3 Spam Provider
Found on eWEEK on Tuesday, 06 January 2009
New forms of spam and similar abuse find a welcome home at Google, and the company doesn't yet seem up to the security task of fighting them.
Spammers have had success cracking the CAPTCHA tests and creating Gmail accounts from which to spam. Because the spam comes from a domain reputation systems can't block because it's so popular, spam from these accounts has an advantage in getting past many anti-spam systems.
Spamhaus should treat Google like every other email provider: if too much spam comes from the systems, list it. Yes, Gmail is large, but Google will be forced to act when it has to realize that it cannot be a safe place for spammers.