Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:06:12 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Andy Harrison <ah54@httpsite.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: E-mail Scam, Addressess being collected of mailing list ::Advice Requested Message-ID: <200304151206.12521.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030415144529.ah54@httpsite.com> References: <XFMail.20030415144529.ah54@httpsite.com>
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On Tuesday 15 April 2003 11:45 am, Andy Harrison wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On 13-Apr-2003, Bill Moran wrote message "Re: E-mail Scam, Addressess > being collected of mailing list ::Ad" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Welcome to hell. While I don't have 100% proof ... I think you are > > absolutely > > correct: that spammers harvest email addresses from this (among > > others) list. > > I have proof... I use numbered, tracked e-mail addresses everywhere. > I've already changed addresses on the freebsd lists once (after 2 > weeks of membership) and am already receiving it at the new address. > Since I am retired, I track each one of them down. I think it is very similar to shoplifting and I treat spam a theft of services. My ISP also uses spamassassin, which helps. You can't let one get by. > Pita... One thing I do aside from other counter measures is I wrote > a little script that scrapes the active spammer list from spamcop.net > and null routes all the ip addresses. I sort it, uniq it, and keep > it trimmed down to the last 400 entries or so. Does a pretty good > job too. > BTW, I like naChoZ and Spirits. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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