AdamT wrote:
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:11:47 -0500, bob <phpgen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, this time it took just 11 days to get my first bit of spam from
this mailing list.
Do you mean the spam was from php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ?
Or do you mean that you know for sure that your address was harvested
from this list?
I've not noticed getting any extra spam since joining, personally.
Don't forget that:
a) Emails you send to this list may be forwarded elsewhere, with your
address included
b) The email address you use for this list may have been 'brute-forced'
c) Some malicious oik may have posted your address somewhere else world-readable
d) You might have accidentally posted it someplace else (eg register
for access to our forums, we promise not to use it for blah blah blah,
please tick a box, etc, etc).
the complete posts to this list (and many others) can be found on websites
all over the place - no doubt harvesters visit there regularly - then
again you may just be seeing a general upturn in the number of spam
being:
a, sent to you
b, getting thru to your inbox (spamfilters need adjusting?)
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