> > I received some phishing spam on this email address today. > I only use it for > > PDML and for replies to offlist emails from PDMLers. In the > PDML archives > > the email addresses are hidden. Ergo, a PDMLer who has > contacted me offlist, > > or one of their other correspondents, has had their address > book raided by > > spyware. > > There's another possibility. I've had accounts nailed by spam that I > *NEVER* gave out the address to, because they were a three letter > acronym. Spammers will hit all combinations of three letters at a > domain, and it seems that some hit four letters (pdml) as well. >
Could be. A 1 in 26x26x26x26 chance = about 1 in 450,000. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
