Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:47:23 -0800 From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ! why? Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040324204306.02fbb798@66.125.189.29> In-Reply-To: <20040324154955.R67162-100000@cowpie.acm.vt.edu> References: <20040324154955.R67162-100000@cowpie.acm.vt.edu>
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At 12:50 PM 3/24/2004, you 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? > >-Clint Lipinski I doubt anyone sold it, it appeared unprotected in the following page (accessible by google) <http://groups.google.com/groups?q=freebsddotorg&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=200202242210.g1OMA3E20686_freefall.freebsd.org%40ns.sol.net&rnum=2>; Which is a response to a PR you filed. Before you accuse someone of selling your email address try googling for it, then try googling on netnews for it. You'd be surprised. --Chuck
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