PeterGriffin wrote:

After complaining to Google about all the newsgroup spam that's
generated using gmail / google groups, I received the following note:

"Thank you for your note. This is an automated reply. If you're reporting a
spam email with a Google return address, please be assured that it did not
originate with Google. Google does not permit others to send unsolicited
email through its mail servers. A number of unscrupulous businesses have
sent out mass mailings with forged Google return addresses. Google is
actively pursuing all available legal means to stop these miscreants from
abusing our name and your inbox. We appreciate your understanding, and
please accept our sympathies for the inconvenience this may have caused."

Uh huh - sure..............

The ONLY way to get effective action will be
to organize a boycott of business that advertise
on googlepages and blogspot. There should be a
zero-tolerance policy for newsgroup spamming.