Re: SPAM WARNING: spammers use Debian lists for harvesting
>This probably isn't news to most people, but I though I'd go on the
>record here with a warning:
>
> If you subscribe to and use Debian mailing lists, you WILL get
> spam.
This is not new I'm afraid.
And warning people _on_ the list is not well thought through.
I imagine the minority of the list readers are _not_ subscribed.
If you feel this issue should be clarified to people _before_ they subscribe,
you should take it up with whomever keeps an eye on the list, and have a
note added to the subscription page.
Such a missing note seems to be what was your problem in the first place.
>I know this after getting hit over the last few weeks to an e-mail
>account that I *only* use for personal correspondance. I also foolishly
>subscribed to this list a while ago (different e-mail account),
>and now I get around 10 spams a day straight into my primary mailbox.
>
Well, I'm afraid you didn't think properly.
Anyone subscribing to any public mailing list is capable of extracting the
other subscribers' email addresses from the list.
>While there is nothing stopping a spammer manually subscribing to
>the list to harvest addresses, [snip]
See above.
>...the list archives show addresses in the
>clear...
I don't know many lists that _don't_.
> Use only a secondary, 'disposable' account for Debian lists.
Unfair.
The proper advice is: Use only a secondary, 'disposable' account for mailing
lists, if you want to be sure to be able to control spam.
>I managed to stay 'clean' for nearly 9 months to my primary account, now
>I'm spitting chips at the vision of my e-mail address brunt onto some
>get-rich-quick-marketting-tool CD-R.
Look at the bright side: you just grew a little wiser.
Cheers
Johnny :o)
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