On 2003-12-01, Redeeman wrote: > i thought about make an account for mailinglists too, but i didnt do it, > sadly :( > > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 22:27, SN wrote: > > Yeah I have about 8 email accounts: work-related, private and so on, but > > this one really gets spammed heavily.I'm just happy, that I setup a mail > > adress only for the gentoo mailinglist, so I don't depend on this adress. > > I almost don't see any spam in those other accounts although I've been using > > them for years.I also think, that the freemail provider "lycos" sucks > > because he lets all thos spam viri to me. > > Perhaps some of you should RTFM before starting to use an email list.
Fact is: as soon as you expose your email address on a public email list it WILL be used by spammers, the Gentoo list is no exception. Some clear signs of a mailinglist newbie: * Top mailing. * Never tidying up a RE: message. * Lot of OT stuff. Cheers, /H� -- /// Helgi �rn Helgason, Registered GNU/Linux User: #189958 \\\ \\\ ~~~~~~~ Gentoo 1.4 * Kernel 2.4.20 * KDE 3.1.4 ~~~~~~~ /// -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
