>> They're probably subscribed to the abcusers list. Since you are a 
>> list subscriber, you can send majordomo a "who" command, and go through the 
>> entire list of abcuser subscribers, find any email addresses that look 
>> suspect. Then you can send them an email demanding to know if they are 
>> the bot they automatically archives the lists.

Thanks, I'll try that.


> Describing mail-archive.com as "filth" when they provide a useful, free,
> public service is a little OTT in my opinion; but then I feel that
> posting to a public list is tantamount to giving away your email address
> anyway.

This was NOT a public list when I joined it.  Only subscribers could
read any message on it.  As far as I'm concerned there was a contractual
obligation that it should stay that way.

I have repeatedly stated that I do NOT want any of my messages reposted
anywhere with the email address included.  What these scum are doing is
just plain theft.

It is hardly a "useful service" if it makes it practically impossible
for anyone to post to the list.  (I will be migrating to a new mail
provider over the next few months; no way in hell am I continuing my
subscription to this list from the new address, given this sort of
exposure).


> It appears that the web pages are obfuscated at the HTML level using
> "@" instead of "@". That will slow down some address-harvesters.

Given the sort of tricks spammers are already using to get at addresses,
the idea that that would provide any protection at all in the long run
isn't even a joke.  A mailing list archive is such a high-value target
for a spam harvester that they'll write special utilities to scan it
once they know of its existence. 

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