[PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer?

2008-07-18 Thread Craig James
I've never gotten a single spam from the Postgres mailing list ... until today. A Chinese company selling consumer products is using this list. I have my filters set to automatically trust this list because it has been so reliable until now. It would be really, really unfortunate if this

Re: [PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer?

2008-07-18 Thread Steve Atkins
On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Craig James wrote: I've never gotten a single spam from the Postgres mailing list ... until today. A Chinese company selling consumer products is using this list. I have my filters set to automatically trust this list because it has been so reliable until

Re: [PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer?

2008-07-18 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Steve Atkins wrote: On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Craig James wrote: I've never gotten a single spam from the Postgres mailing list ... until today. A Chinese company selling consumer products is using this list. I have my filters set to automatically trust this list because it has

Re: [PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer?

2008-07-18 Thread Glyn Astill
4:02:37 PM Subject: [PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer? I've never gotten a single spam from the Postgres mailing list ... until today. A Chinese company selling consumer products is using this list. I have my filters set to automatically trust this list because it has been so

Re: [PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer?

2008-07-18 Thread Craig James
@postgresql.org Sent: Friday, 18 July, 2008 4:02:37 PM Subject: [PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer? I've never gotten a single spam from the Postgres mailing list ... until today. A Chinese company selling consumer products is using this list. I have my filters set to automatically trust this list

Re: [PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer?

2008-07-18 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:40:33AM -0700, Craig James wrote: Yes, hack is the correct term. The bad guys have hacked into the major email systems, including gmail, which was the origin of this spam: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/25/gmail_captcha_crack/ The simple fact is that, as

Re: [PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer?

2008-07-18 Thread Glyn Astill
Glyn Astill wrote: Most likely just a forged header or something, hardly hacked though is it. Yes, hack is the correct term. The bad guys have hacked into the major email systems, including gmail, which was the origin of this spam: