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Date:      Mon, 23 Mar 1998 18:36:17 +0000
From:      James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
To:        "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd-hackers-digest V4 #75
Message-ID:  <19980323183617.60422@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980322100452.18494A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>; from Eric J. Schwertfeger on Sun, Mar 22, 1998 at 10:09:11AM -0800
References:  <19980322111844.39246@jraynard.demon.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980322100452.18494A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>

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On Sun, Mar 22, 1998 at 10:09:11AM -0800, Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, James Raynard wrote:
> 
> > Careful - I've seen a lot of spam originating from earthlink.net,
> > so this could well be an address-gathering exercise.
> 
> Don't you think it would be easier for the spammer to just subscribe his
> address-gathering robot to the list?

That would only pick up people who post to the list - sending out an
invitation to be flamed seems like an effective way to pull in the
lurkers as well.

James

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