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| Gmail As Open-Relay Spam Server                                    |
|   from the if-you’re-not-part-of-the-solution-you’re-part-of-the-pr|
|   posted by kdawson on Saturday May 10, @21:14 (Spam)              |
|   http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/11/014234 |
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sveard writes of a little problem Google is having that has [0]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.”

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Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080510-security-flaw-turns-gmail-into-open-relay-server.html