> Peter, before you assume that the EV List members addresses > have been harvest via the yahoo.group EV Lsit archive, I have > to point out, that the crest archive is much easier to get > the email addresses without being subscribed. See > http://crest.org/discussion/ev/200210/maillist.html >
Yes but putting us on Yahoo let everybody know we were there. Previously only folks LOOKING for us could find us. SPAMers search Yahoo for ALL groups and then harvest email addresses. Putting a link to the crest list from Yahoo just makes the spammers job easier. Before Yahoo I didn't recieve any spam, within weeks of adding Yahoo I started to get spam and I now get one or two a week. I use this address exclusively for the EVDL. I just recieved a spam of someone selling email addresses which presumably includes mine so I expect the amount of spam to climb (I intend to discontinue this account soon) > The yahoo.group EV List archive is not inprevious to > harvesting, but it is a lot harder to do than the crest > archive. I have found harvesters follow the path of > least work. My major complaint about Yahoo is it makes us much more visible to the non-EV comunity. And as I said, the Yahoo archive points them to the crest archive. > > I let some people on the yahoo.group EV List archive > as a convience (it has some features that are nice), > but I could send a message why, and then removed their > subscription. This would removed your concerns that the > yahoo.group EV List archive is the source of the > harvesting 9and all the former members would have > be unhappy with you). > > But there are two things to remember even after I have > removed them, the harvest list is already compiled, and > it is easier to get the addresses directly from the crest > EV List archive. > > -Bruce > > > > > ===== > ' ____ > ~/__|o\__ > '@----- @'---(= > . http://geocities.com/brucedp/ > . EV List Editor & RE newswires > . (originator of the EV ascci art above) > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Yahoo! - We Remember > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > >
