Hi, Spammers have been mining the lists for a while now. I've gotten emails both directly and to the list from many apache.org addresses, including Craig's. As a moderator for some lists, I'm not sure what I can do about it.
Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Simon Kitching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:55 AM >To: Jakarta Commons Developers List >Subject: Re: [all] Craig Mcc turned spammer? :-) > >On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 18:21, Craig McClanahan wrote: >> Simon Kitching wrote: >> >On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 18:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>Please have a look at the attached file. >> > >> > >> > >> I would be glad to if I'd actually sent it :-). Of course, it was >> forged ... > >Yeah, but it raises some interesting questions. > >Was this sent to me directly, or did it go to the list? > >If it went to the list, was it an accident that an address which was >already subscribed to the list was used, or are spammers/viruses now >deliberately doing that in order to avoid the "subscribers only" nature >of this list? If the latter, then we could be in trouble. I don't think >this is the case, though, as the email did not have the mime headers >such as "List-Id" which would have been done automatically by the list >server. > >But if it went to me directly, then the odds of a randomly-chosen email >address being Craig's one is pretty small, so presumably some app has >tracked the email addresses of people who send emails to me, and is >deliberately choosing a "familiar" sending address when sending me the >virus. This isn't a pleasant prospect either. Or is this something that >has been going on for a while that I just haven't noticed? > >I'm not in favour of the death penalty, but I could be persuaded to make >an exception here...... > >Regards, > >Simon > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
