True. This account was new. No one new about it. Openldap and Samba where the two firsts lists where I posted from it. I automatically started to get spam. It's not a crazy idea to think conspirationally. It's just a list, and it's plain easy to attack it.
-- Arturo Busleiman - [ i n t r a R e d e s s r l ] Piedras 264 - 2 A (C1070AAF) - Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA Te.: (54 11) 4342-0049 - http://www.intraredes.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Alan Munday wrote: > I agree, I found that I've been hammered having posted to a number of mail > lists. > > Alan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Initech > Sent: 27 November 2003 19:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Samba] Just a thought, all this "swen" stuff, this list > > > > > It seems anyone posting to this list gets a deluge (and I mean a > deluge) of virus infected windows garbage. It's basically enough to > ruin any email address you sign up to the list with; it doesn't matter > if you have a virus scanner integrated with your MTA, I really don't > want to see 200 virus notifications a day because i posted to this > list. I have been getting about 20MB of swen a day since i first > posted here. > > Not to espouse conspiracy theories, but it really seems like this list > is under attack. Can there be sme warning about this on the list > signup page? Like, "Use a throwaway email address for this list", etc. > > I'm not complaining, just that I think some sort of warning is in > order here. This swen stuff is totally out of control. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
