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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:31:06 -0800
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From: Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live555.com>
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Subject: What's up with all the spam on several FreeBSD mailing lists?
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What is the reason for the sudden flood of spam on several FreeBSD 
mailing lists?  Do these lists no longer require that senders be 
subscribed to the list?  Or are legitimate senders' computers 
infected with a virus that is sending the spam in their names?

	Ross.