On 2006.05.27 13:12:37 +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Sat, 27 May 2006, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > SLN> > GS> - Change admins@ to accounts@, since the former is closed due to > SLN> > GS> a lot of spam. > SLN> > GS> - Do not use full form of accounts@ email address, to avoid spam > SLN> > GS> harvesting of this address. > SLN> > > SLN> > What wonders me a bit is that I did not find any announcement for this > even on > SLN> > closed mailing list. > SLN> > SLN> It changed half a year or so ago after admins started getting 1000+ > SLN> bounces a day. People writing admins will get a reply telling them > SLN> where to direct their email. > > Ah, thanks for clarification. So, I suppose glebius@ apparently had to > contact > admins, got this reply and decided to document it somewhere ;-)
Yes. > However, doesn't this auto-reply provoke spammers to think admins@ is still > workable mail address? Could be, but that doesn't really matter. Computer resources (for receiving the spam mails) is not a problem in this case, admin resources is :-). -- Simon L. Nielsen
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