From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 24 13:29:14 2004 Return-Path: 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 E141716A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:29:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from mygirlfriday.info (adsl-65-64-145-209.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net [65.64.145.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D9D43D31 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:29:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info) Received: (qmail 1586 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2004 21:29:13 -0000 Received: from user204.net795.mo.sprint-hsd.net (HELO major.mygirlfriday.info) (65.41.216.204) by mongo.mygirlfriday.info with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 24 Mar 2004 21:29:13 -0000 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:29:12 -0600 From: Gary Organization: Hardly X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <797896096.20040324152912@mygirlfriday.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040324154955.R67162-100000@cowpie.acm.vt.edu> References: <20040324154955.R67162-100000@cowpie.acm.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: ! why? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:29:15 -0000 Hi __Clint__, On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:50:47 -0500 (EST) UTC (3/24/2004, 2:50 PM -0600 UTC my time), __Clint__ wrote: _> Why have you sold my email address to spammers? _> The "clint+freebsddotorg@acm.vt.edu" email was a one-time disposable email _> address that I only ever gave to FreeBSD.org. _> Now I am receiving spam email targeted at that address. _> An address I only gave YOU. _> Any suggestions or response? and what makes you think this or any other public list is pure. Do you not think that spammers cannot join any list, or do they have to show their CV before they join? No one "sold" your email address. This is a *public* list. -- Gary If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.