Hi Dreamy, On 04/23/2011 01:37 PM, Dreamy wrote: > How did they get my unique e-mail address dedicated for this list?
Each member of this list has your special e-mail address, once you post to the list. > I'm just guessing, but I can't imagine anything else. Most e-mail addresses are harvested from virus infected PC's. So, if one member of this list gets infected then your e-mail address is known by spammers. This is a very reliable way to collect active addresses... As you noticed, trying to keep your address secret is not effective in fighting spam. Better, make sure you have a good working spam filter. With 99% spam the trick is to filter the correct messages out :-) As you use a special address for this list, you might use a filter that checks for "*[Pool] *" in the subject line. I just reviewed my check: it is not on the subject, but the pool address is in To or CC. This also works well. My rule blocked about 80-90 spam messages today up to 14:20h for my ntp-list address. Good luck, Arnold _______________________________________________ pool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/pool
