From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 23 14:29:55 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CACAD16A417 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:29:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8844913C46A for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:29:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so298414nzf for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:29:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=lDZlcykxO7ylXG/nUkyGy4NmLwNjOP5SO4px0BhEeVu5ypE4b8V5TMfmoTRNkKLXr6YtCbAQ5fMXWyB/dzE6wzkgQDXNlErKqh+SRWZdDp2EsU1wbdWCJL3qVYA+spKFoWuzLh4fj2sbhs0QqGYyXzKnsn0z8SgOI3SZ3txqd0s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DcEs4Kd3EQyTck3DcSRc55+k21PIf1hS0aTJp6ZKC3oU9wC0NHbktBxN+ZOnSKUdD457D1rRQyMZte3OTngXw2BkrW8SSq0f4RgIvL1Q/75JlZk9Bx4Hkoapw+TXe+Bd3IbddConK2FJbptTyVaEp8luCNiwglFU98CNmGQFAE0= Received: by 10.115.55.1 with SMTP id h1mr1269025wak.1187877788968; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:03:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.192.19 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:03:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:03:08 +0200 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: fbsd2@a1poweruser.com In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:29:55 -0000 > It only takes 2-3 weeks after changing my email address I use on the list > before I start receiving spam on the new email address. > Other non-fbsd lists I belong to remove the posters email address before the > post gets sent to the list members. > Why can't this list do the same thing so the posters email address don't > show up in the archives on the news group servers where spammers harvest the > posters email address for targeting spam to? how about installing a proper spam-filter? you could add a chapter to your handbook too. myself is reading these kind of lists through gmail, and i hardly see any spam coming by. regards, usleep