Suspect they got malware and are quite unaware what's happening in their name. I know this happens. Hope it isn't me, most these threads go over my head, so contribute next to nothing. BobH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2017 2:33 AM Subject: Re: spammers on this list In fact it is hard to paint just what they are doing. I posted in this thread once. However, and keeping the same subject line, I get an e-mail from this person with each post it seems... in this thread I mean. Kare On Sat, 15 Apr 2017, John G. Heim wrote: > But this particular spammer isn't harvesting email addresses from the > archive. > > > > On 04/14/2017 10:31 PM, Jeffery Mewtamer wrote: >> Considering that the list archives can be viewed by anyone at >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/blinux-list/ >> and be downloaded as gzipped plain text files that include the e-mail >> address from which each message was sent, I think it's fair to say >> there's next to nothing any list moderators could do to address spam, >> and unless an alternative list either lacks public archives or has >> archives that strip e-mail addresses from the from fields, it will be >> just as vulnerable to spambots. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list