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Ron Schnell  
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 More options Mar 24 2008, 2:16 pm
From: Ron Schnell
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:16:43 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Mar 24 2008 2:16 pm
Subject: Re: Fix Google Calendar SPAM
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On Mar 18, 12:20 pm, Google Calendar Guide wrote:

> Hi everyone,

> I'm really sorry to hear that you're receiving reminders for spammy
> events and seeing these events on yourGoogleCalendar. The team hatesspamjust as much as you guys do and we're working hard to keep it out
> ofGoogleCalendar.

> If you've enabled notifications for "New invitations," you can
> configure yourGoogleCalendarsettings to only show events you've
> created or accepted:

> 1. Click on "Settings" at the top of anyGoogleCalendarpage
> 2. Select the "General" tab if it isn't selected already.
> 3. In the "Automatically add invitations to mycalendar" section,
> select "No, only show invitations to which I have responded."
> 4. Click on "Save."

> In the future, you can also report any cases ofspamby going tohttp://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/request.py?page=&contact_t...

> Thanks for letting us know about this behavior.

> - Becky

There seems to be no acknowledgement of the fact that this is a major
security hole (unless I'm missing something?).  How do spammers gain
access to our calendars, when we have not shared them??

 
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