From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 05:35:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93F87E05 for ; Thu, 1 May 2014 05:35:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from uk1rly2283.eechost.net (relay01.mail.uk1.eechost.net [217.69.40.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 352791D52 for ; Thu, 1 May 2014 05:35:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [31.186.37.179] (helo=smtp.marelmo.com) by uk1rly2283.eechost.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Wfjg2-0001ui-J9 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 01 May 2014 06:36:58 +0100 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.marelmo.com) by smtp.marelmo.com with smtp (Exim 4.82 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1WfjeI-0000t5-ST for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 01 May 2014 05:35:10 +0000 Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 06:35:05 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spam to list participants (from openhosting.com & softcom.com) Message-Id: <20140501063505.e89db20d9a06c798fd4785a9@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: References: <73354.1398734218@server1.tristatelogic.com> <535F1667.1050406@soliddataservices.com> <20140429114019.0eb3ce48@X220.alogt.com> <20140429124618.06d708ba@gumby.homeunix.com> <20140429204204.2e561935@X220.alogt.com> <20140429140123.GA910@taco-shack.cow> <20140429162810.76013a19@gumby.homeunix.com> <20140430101545.GA931@taco-shack.cow> <20140430211232.1a1f06dc99b4b799b1dabfc5@sohara.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Auth-Info: 15567@permanet.ie (plain) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 May 2014 05:35:16 -0000 On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:34:14 -0700 jungleboogie0 wrote: > Hi Steve, > On 30 April 2014 13:12, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:15:46 -0500 > > Mike Sanders wrote: > > > >> Which implies all list members email addresses are exposed > >> to the world at large? How else would an email address be > >> gained by spammers... If that's the case it needs to be changed. > > > > I think it's only hitting posters, whose addresses are revealed > > in the From header. I'll probably get some extra spam now. Given that > > it is desirable that non subscribers can post questions and get replys > > thanks to the common habit of replying to all this is unavoidable > > without sacrificing that capability which has been a long standing and > > valued feature of FreeBSD mailing lists. > > > > But this also means messages to the list could be lost because not > everyone remember to reply-all. No, because the default reply address is the list, so if you just hit reply as I have in this post it goes to the list without CC to the individual posters in the thread. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/