Sascha Cunz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > > > [snip] > > > > > > I can't really tell, I was only stunned by the swift response from the > > > spammer community. I received a spam mail only a few hours after posting > > > for the first time with this address, which has been made only for > > > receiving gentoo-list mail. > > > > I would still guess that it is a web spider that got your address. > > Many of the archives are immediate, and so it is possible a web > > spider just happened to check the list archive web page several hours > > after you posted. Spammers probably have their web spiders running at > > all times. > Maybe, it's this way. However - best practice is still to use a single mail > account only for subscribing and posting to mailinglists. Then ingnore > anything that struggles into this mail account, if it wasn't sent by a > specific mail host / has not the correct list-id; list-post; whatever-header > in it. > Sascha
I also noticed some email coming to my gentoo ml alias since X-mas. :( If you can, set up an alias for each list you are on and use procmail to sort on 'List-ID'. Anything that ends up in the catch-all dir I don't really pay too much attention to. Makes life much simpler. I suppose one day I'll have to get official and use some sort of spam filter, but I only get a couple per week, so it's not a necessity yet. Why does MS want to put Security Updates on my Gentoo Box? :( Cooper. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
