From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 24 20:26:18 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 4DD2116A4CE; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:26:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao03.cox.net (lakemtao03.cox.net [68.1.17.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8543843D31; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:26:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bob89@bobj.org) Received: from mail.bobj.org ([68.101.86.37]) by lakemtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040325042614.YEYB27519.lakemtao03.cox.net@mail.bobj.org>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:26:14 -0500 Received: from bobj.wb4jcm.org ([192.168.132.167]) by neti.bobj.org with esmtp; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:26:13 -0500 From: Bob Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:26:11 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <20040324154955.R67162-100000@cowpie.acm.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040324154955.R67162-100000@cowpie.acm.vt.edu> X-Source-System: Bob's Laptop MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403242326.11590.bob89@bobj.org> cc: __Clint__ cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ! why? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 04:26:18 -0000 On Wednesday 24 March 2004 03:50 pm, __Clint__ <__Clint__ > wrote: > Why have you sold my email address to spammers? > Why are you libeling us? You should be careful what accusations you make. > The "clint+freebsddotorg@acm.vt.edu" email was a one-time disposable > email address that I only ever gave to FreeBSD.org. > Well, you started out with the right strategy, but you abandoned it too soon. You've now blown what looks like your real email address. Never reveal your true email address, for it can be used against you. > Now I am receiving spam email targeted at that address. > An address I only gave YOU. > > Any suggestions or response? > Response: This is a public mailing list, and it is archived in many public places on the Internet, and is also (unfortunately) forwarded to Usenet by well-meaning souls. Spammers harvest email addresses from public archives, and almost any address that appears on Usenet will be spammed. There's nothing we can do about that. Suggestions: Never post your real email address on a public mailing list. When you complain to a suspected spammer, don't use your real email address in the complaint. If you want to stop the spam, turn off the address you used (good thing it was a throwaway address, right?), although that will make it hard to receive replies to the questions you post here. To clarify: this is a mailing list of FreeBSD users helping each other. It is not FreeBSD, Inc. answering your questions. - Bob > -Clint Lipinski > >