On 4/24/11 3:37 PM, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
In trying to track down how spammers are finding my email address, it
has come to my attention that past postings are being archived at
http://forum.winehq.org/ which reveals mine and other posters email
address.
The are not "revealed". Also, your traffic could be captured ANYWHERE
along the path. Spam is a part of life on the Internet. Looks like you
are getting swamped.
Rules of dealing with spam:
1. Delete all spam messages WITHOUT reading. Some of the messages have
trackers built in. This is why sending HTML formatted mail is a no-no
to mailing lists. This mailing list blocks HTML mail, but some do not.
2. Configure something like spamassassin if you are receiving mail
directly from a non-filtering ISP. This will stop most/all spam from
getting through.
3. Get and use a 'throw-away' address for mail sent to mailing lists.
Most ISPs will allow this if you explain that any return mail is being
sent to a spam trap. Use a second address to read the mailing list from
(it also allows for a full record of what was sent by the list.) Also,
this allows you to turn off the send to address without causing a
serious ruckus on the mailing list or other area where you are getting
mail from. Most list mailing software allows for the split. Both
addresses will have to be registered. The first you say "I don't want
mail to be sent to this address". The second is never used to sent mail
to the list. I know of several people on several mailing lists that are
doing just this.
All of these are recommended 'Security Best Practices'.
Dimensio has opened a bug report for this problem, but I doubt that this
will ever get fixed.
BTW, Spammers do not look at the forums for addresses. Too much like
work and they like things easy.
James McKenzie
CISSP 36780
