Off Topic, But List Related -- Tired of Getting Spammed Via

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry shalehperry at attbi.com
Sat May 25 12:16:56 EDT 2002


On 25-May-2002 Peter F. Ferris wrote:
> Good Morning, Good Afternoon and Good Evening,
> 
> I'm not sure if this is happening to everyone or just myself, but for the
> 4th time in approximately two-three weeks (since I've joined the Python.org
> list), I been spammed because I'm a list member.
> 
> I've noticed in at least one instance my raw e-mail address appeared in the
> 'attribution' line of the posted reply, i.e.:  "In a message dated xx/xx/xx
> someone at somewhere.com  wrote:
>>blah
>>blah
>>  etc."
> 
> How do I know that the spam I'm receiving is coming from the Python.org
> list?  Simple, I subscribed with a specific e-mail address that has been
> used EXCLUSIVELY on & for this list.  It has not been used for any other
> public or private appearances.  Yet within a week or two I'm collecting an
> unusually high amount of spam (considering time on list, etc.) sent to the
> 'python only' address.
> 
> I would like to think no one in the group is a spammer (I may be naive at
> times!). Perhaps a spammer has subscribed to the list merely to harvest
> these sorts of errors.  Whatever the reason, I have a couple of suggestions
> that I believe can help minimize spam.  Even if only a few readers are being
> spammed, steps could and SHOULD (IMHO) be taken to minimize or PREVENT it.
> 

Most likely they are eating your address from either a) subscribing to eat
addresses, b) web crawling the online archive or c) the usenet postings.

public lists lead to spam.  You get used to it or you try to control it coming
in.  Changing this list won't help.





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