OT: getting spammed to my list address

[mayer at gis.net]

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> Hi All: sorry for the off-topic post, but I was just curious about 
> something. I set up a unique mail account to access this list, and
> within 2  weeks of using it I started getting bombarded with spam. Is
> that a function  of spammers setting up bogus accounts on bind-users
> and harvesting the  address of anyone posting? Or are posts on this
> list being picked up in  archives and are exploitable that way? Or
> both? I can change addresses and  resubscribe but it's kind of a drag
> to have to do it every two weeks <g>.
> 
> I have unique addresses subscribed to > 20 user lists and none of them
> were  picked up by spammers as quickly as this address (if at all).
>

The only spam I get allegedly from bind-users are actually viruses and
are never really from bind-users. The bind-users mailing list does not
allow attachments, they get stripped before being sent out. You should
look very carefully at the headers of what you receive.

Danny

> TIA 
> 
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