Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:52:03 -0500 (EST) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> To: Joe Halpin <joe.halpin@attbi.com> Cc: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: spam Message-ID: <20011220214950.V28481-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <3C22A278.32AE9EB@attbi.com>
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Joe Halpin wrote: >I'm starting to get spam since I joined this list, and the spam is >coming from freebsd.org. If I'm reading the headers right, it's coming >in through a freebsd.org mail server. <headers snipped> >Is this just a normal part of being on the list? You're not getting the spam directly. The spam is sent to the mailing list and then sent to you as a subscriber. This is an unfortunate side effect of the fact that the mailing lists are open to posting from non-subscribers. Brandon D. Valentine -- "Iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari." - G. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, XLVI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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