Posted by Jochem Maas on 03/03/05 16:49

AdamT wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:11:47 -0500, bob <phpgen@antonakis.co.uk> 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@lists.php.net ?
>
> 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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