On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 11:50:05AM -0500, Morbus Iff wrote: > Has anyone encountered targeted spam from perl4lib or oss4lib posts? > I've posted numerous times to perl4lib, and once to oss4lib. Just now, > I suddenly got a spam for "BowkerLink", which submits to Ulrich's > Periodicals Directory, something right in line with my earlier > questions. Besides friends/IM, I've not publicly stated my > research into cataloging, so I can only suspect it's an > incredibly odd coincidence, or there are some asshole > lurkers on the list. ;)
Spam is a global problem, and not something isolated to this list. As a seasoned Perl user you are no doubt aware of how easy it is to scrape email addresses from the webpages. While this list isn't moderated (emails reviewed before posting), we are a polite and friendly bunch. Let's not start calling people names. If you have any concerns with the way the perl4lib list is being managed please contact Ask Bjorn Hansen at perl.org (ask at develooper.com). //Ed
