Gmail users may have noticed <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/article/450230/Google_Fixes_Spam_Bug_in_Gmail">a recent spike in spam</A> clogging their inbox, but Google says it has fixed the problem.

For the second time in as many months Gmail users saw a sudden increase in spam, and they reported the issue in the Webmail service's official discussion forum in recent days.

On Thursday, a Google employee named Sarah chimed in by posting to the main thread devoted to this topic to say that the complaints were well-founded and had pointed Google toward a solution.