Re: Mailing list hacked by spammer?

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Steve Atkins wrote:
>
> On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Craig James wrote:
>
>> I've never gotten a single spam from the Postgres mailing list ...  
>> until today.  A Chinese company selling consumer products is using  
>> this list.  I have my filters set to automatically trust this list  
>> because it has been so reliable until now.  It would be really, really 
>> unfortunate if this list fell to the spammers.
>
> It's not been "hacked by spammers".
>
> It's a valid From address, probably coincidentally. Nothing worth  
> discussing. *Definitely* not something worth discussing on the list.

Keep in mind that messages from unsubscribed addresses are held up for
moderation.  A human moderator must then reject it or approve it, and
humans make mistakes sometimes.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.


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