It's happened 3 or 4 times for me, only on the R list. It only happens when answering certain questions and I think all responders to that question may get it. Seems to have nothing to do with the OP. I just block the email address.
Jim On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 1:33 PM, Mark Leeds <marklee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All: I lately get a lot more spam-porn type emails lately also but I > don't know if they are due to me being on > the R-list. > > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Rui Barradas <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Nor do I, no gmail, also got spam. >> >> Rui Barradas >> >> On 4/17/2018 8:34 PM, Ding, Yuan Chun wrote: >> >>> No, I do not use gmail, still got dirty spam email twice. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Fowler, >>> Mark >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:32 PM >>> To: Luis Puerto; Peter Langfelder >>> Cc: R-Help ML R-Project; Neotropical bat risk assessments >>> Subject: Re: [R] Hacked >>> >>> [Attention: This email came from an external source. Do not open >>> attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails.] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Just an observation. I have not seen the spam you are discussing. >>> Possibly it is specific to gmail addresses? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Luis >>> Puerto >>> Sent: April 17, 2018 4:11 PM >>> To: Peter Langfelder >>> Cc: R-Help ML R-Project; Neotropical bat risk assessments >>> Subject: Re: [R] Hacked >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> This happened to me also! I just got a spam email just after posting and >>> then in following days I got obnoxious spam emails in my spam filter. As >>> the others, I think that there is some kind of bot subscribed to the list, >>> but also perhaps a spider or crawler monitoring the R-Help archive and >>> getting email addresses there. Nabble is a possibility too. >>> >>> On 17 Apr 2018, at 21:50, Peter Langfelder <peter.langfel...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I got some spam emails after my last post to the list, and the emails >>>> did not seem to go through r-help. The spammers may be subscribed to >>>> the r-help, or they get the poster emails from some of the web copies >>>> of this list (nabble or similar). >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Ulrik Stervbo <ulrik.ster...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I asked the moderators about it. This is the reply >>>>> >>>>> "Other moderators have looked into this a bit and may be able to shed >>>>> more light on it. This is a "new" tactic where the spammers appear to >>>>> reply to the r-help post. They are not, however, going through the >>>>> r-help server. >>>>> >>>>> It also seems that this does not happen to everyone. >>>>> >>>>> I am not sure how you can automatically block the spammers. >>>>> >>>>> Sorry I cannot be of more help." >>>>> >>>>> --Ulrik >>>>> >>>>> Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> schrieb am Di., 17. Apr. >>>>> 2018, >>>>> 14:59: >>>>> >>>>> Likely a spammer has joined the mailing list and is auto-replying to >>>>>> posts made to the list. Unlikely that the list itself has been >>>>>> "hacked". Agree that it is obnoxious. >>>>>> >>>>>> On April 17, 2018 5:01:10 AM PDT, Neotropical bat risk assessments < >>>>>> neotropical.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Site has been hacked? >>>>>>> Bad SPAM arriving >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>>>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>>>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>>>>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>>>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sent from my phone. 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