People were subscribing to all the lists, blasting them with spam, and then immediately signing off.. Also, people were signing onto the list and sending a "who" command to the list server, which allowed them to harvest email addresses which they would then sell to spammers. People started really bitching about the spam. Especially Jack Campin, who is very sensitive about his email address getting out.
> I don't get it. How can you abuse Subscribe, unsubscribe...what's to > "ruin"? > > CliffA > > > --- Toby Rider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hopefully it won't get abused like it did a couple years ago. It only > takes a couple of assholes to ruin things for everyone. Know what I > mean? > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus � Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To > subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
