On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 1:32 PM, General Discussion of SQLite Database < sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> wrote:
> On 2015-10-28 10:52 AM, General Discussion of SQLite Database wrote: > >> The reason for this change is to combat the "Alexa" spam. For the >> past few weeks, whenever anybody posts to the mailing list, that >> person gets a reply from "Alexa"... >> > > While that was often the case, I recall someone saying they got the Alexa > spam simply by subscribing to the list, without posting. This implies a > server-side leak. Unless that poster was wrong. -- Darren Duncan I (Scott Robison) tried to exercise that by signing up a new account with a new email address and never received Alexa spam to the new address with my (very obviously faked) user name. I can't say whether it is because the list admins saw the (very obviously faked) account and deleted it (as they did a day or so later) or if the Alexa spam generator requires manual intervention, but at the very least the process of signing up for the address was not enough. Also, I have not received Alexa spam to every email I have sent to the list. I've received a few, but not every time. -- Scott Robison
