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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
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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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