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Originally Posted by ProSportsForums

Google's IP addresses begin with 66.

The IP addresses of the spoofed e-mails do not.

Just like they wouldn't if I was using my own gmail account to sign up on a message board.

I know it's not google itself spamming us, and the botnet admins haven't gotten into google's servers to make zombies, I'm saying that either they are spoofing gmail email addresses, or they have defeated gmail's human verification and these are actual, legitimate gmail accounts.

I guess the only way to tell if they are spoofed is to try to send a email to the addresses, and see if it bounces.

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Originally Posted by TNCclubman

Interesting theory that we as forum owners are all pawns to distribute the spam. hmmmmmm.

I personally know one or two who actually are. One of them owns something like, 40 message boards, and sells user info directly to spammers.