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Re: [Fsfe-uk] Spam lists
From: |
Paul |
Subject: |
Re: [Fsfe-uk] Spam lists |
Date: |
Tue, 07 Oct 2003 00:36:18 +0100 |
Hi,
> OK, can someone tell me how this spammer has got hold of this address?
> It is only used for this mailing list, has the membership list been
> compromised? Has anyone else on the list had the same spam to their
> list receiving address?
Given the list main address is publically open, it shouldn't be hard to
harvest names from it, especially if the software does a reply back to
itself.
For instance, I hit reply to this, I only had Chris's name in the To:
field.
TTFN
Paul
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