> -----Original Message----- > From: Mumia W. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 25 October, 2006 07:07 > To: Beginners List > Subject: Re: Spam from this list > > > On 10/25/2006 06:45 AM, Ron Goral wrote: > > Is anyone else receiving spam from this list? I use this email > address only > > for this list, so it must be originating from someone on it. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > Spammers harvest e-mail addresses from mailing lists and their archives. > If this list is archived on the web, spammers can and will grab the > e-mail addresses and spam them.
I had not considered the archives. Makes sense. For the record: I was not accusing anyone on the list of generating spam, just curious if someone may have ingested a worm or some such. Sorry if anyone took it as though I were accusing. Peace - Ron -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
