From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 13 5:53:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD04537B400 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 05:53:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 589EA43E81 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 05:53:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.int (mail@pooh.int [10.0.1.2]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8DCquEe080832 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:52:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kirk by pooh.int with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 17ppwN-00013M-00 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:52:55 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are messages to this list appearing in *.freebsd.questions ng's? References: <1031910439.510.5.camel@jupiter> From: Kirk Strauser Date: 13 Sep 2002 07:52:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1031910439.510.5.camel@jupiter> Message-ID: <87ptvixd94.fsf@pooh.int> Lines: 25 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 2002-09-13T09:47:18Z, Crispin Bennett writes: > As a result of this I'm now getting porn and other spam, for the first > time in the 2 years since I've been using this mail address. So now I have > to go through the big fucking waste of time of alerting people to my > impending change of address, and re-subscribing to the dozens of lists and > web sites I frequent, now using the new address. OK, I understand your point, but this seems like a bit of overreaction. First, *everyone* gets spam. It's just part of life. I'm amazed that you're only now getting hit. Second, there *are* other options. I've installed SpamAssassin on my mailserver, and now literally do not get more than 1 or 2 pieces *per week* (I'd been receiving 30-40 *per day* before that). Besides, no matter what new address you get, it's in vain once a friend or family member responds to a chain letter and Cc:'s it to you, thereby spreading your address to everyone and their ferret. Face it, Crispin, you can't hide. Make this a learning experience and install SpamAssassin. -- Kirk Strauser The Strauser Group - http://www.strausergroup.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message