That's why I use my GMail acct for this list. BTW I have 50 invites in anybody wants one.
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:06:31 -0500, Thomas B. Malsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would have to agree that the archives were recently harvested. > > I began receiving spam at my "slim only" account a few weeks ago. They > all have similarly formated subject lines. > > Re: [x] (where x seems to be any random number) > > It was easy enough to filter them out and I just look through them every > couple of days to make sure I didn't miss any legit off list emails. > I'd say I get a steady 1-2 a day now, but I can see it quickly becoming > a bigger issue if the addresses are shared by who ever harvested them or > if they continue to be harvested by new spammers. > > Tom Malsbury > > > Steve wrote: > > >I registered my gmail account to be used specifically for the > >slimdevices discuss list and it is not used anywhere else. > > > >Guess what, I've started receiving spam to it. Looking at the archives > >I see that some attempt is made to conceal the email address by using > >"email.address at domain.com" but most address harvesters get round > >that very easily. > > > >Yes I know it could be a dictionary attack but I use a similar form > >email address with other common domain names with other lists and > >these have yet to receive any spam. > > > >Is there any need to show the whole address? Can the web based > >archives be adjusted to stop this please. > > > >thanks > > > >Steve Davis > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > -- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
