> Larry Colen wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:42:33PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > >> 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. > > There's at least one more possibility, too. If your email > address is in > the signature you use on PDML, then it's in the PDML > archives, too, and > can be scraped from there. >
it's not in my signature. 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.
