[Mailman-Users] list subscription spammers

[Skip Montanaro]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Will Yardley <mailman at veggiechinese.net>
wrote:

> Mostly curious about the motivation behind this - what do these bots do
> if / when they are actually able to confirm or get confirmed?
>

They probably try to read the subscription list to get more email
addresses. Of course, they can also post spam to the lists. Perhaps both,
but I suspect the email addresses are of more value.

Skip