From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 20 18:50: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from turtle.looksharp.net (cc360882-d.strhg1.mi.home.com [24.13.43.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04BC237B417 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:49:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by turtle.looksharp.net (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 7238B3EC1; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:52:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turtle.looksharp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6507BBAA5; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:52:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:52:03 -0500 (EST) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Joe Halpin Cc: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: spam In-Reply-To: <3C22A278.32AE9EB@attbi.com> Message-ID: <20011220214950.V28481-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. >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