On 07/03/12 22:36, MarcFP wrote: > Spam ? Well, yes.
*Don't* give them more oxygen and bandwidth than they've already stolen. They spam these lists so the URL will rank in search engines - you've just *tripled* the problem. Either:- ;ignore it ;mark it in your gmail account as spam so you don't see it again ;hit the spam button for the message at lists.debian.org/blahblah/msgblah[*1] OR "bounce it" with a non-web based MUA[*2] and it will eventually, maybe, be added to the debian-list spam filters[*3] Best:- ;mark it as spam using the online lists Spam button or by bouncing *and* register a complaint to search engines[*4], to the email provider or website they used[*5], and, against the website they're promoting[*6], and if the country you receive the spam in has legislation against spam - report it[*7] *Just. do. not. repost. the. spam.* Kind regards [*1]look it up at:- http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/recent [*2]:- http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ListMaster/ListArchiveSpam/MUAPlugins [*3]:- http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ListMaster/ListArchiveSpam?highlight=%28%5CbCategoryListArchiveSpam%5Cb%29#Towards_a_spam_removal_policy [*4]:- they do this to get publicity, but mostly so the search engines will rank them higher because of the backlinks. If you don't understand - look it up. Google will penalise spammers by moving the site they're spamming off the first page of search results - that removes the financial incentive to spam these lists. Contact Google:- https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?hl=en Contact Bing:- https://feedback.live.com/default.aspx?locale=en-AU&productkey=wlsearchweb&P1=dsathome&P2=&P3=0&P4=NOFORM&P5=3435DE9356986CAB3542DD8F579A6CD2&P6=Sydney,%20New%20South%20Wales&P9=-33.868900299%2f151.207107543&P10=0&P11=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bing.com%2fcommunity%2fwebmaster%2ff%2f12248%2fp%2f647709%2f9534397.aspx&searchtype=Web+Search&optl1=1&backurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bing.com%2f%3fFORM%3dFEEDTU OR:- https://support.discoverbing.com/eform.aspx?productKey=bingcontentremoval&ct=eformts [*5] In this case it was sent from a yahoo account (it's usually yahoo or hotmail):- Forward the email to ab...@yahoo.com [*6] Frequently the company that hired the spammers will hide behind an anonymous contact address - as in this case, using Domains By Proxy (scumbags who profit from spammers) Whois will give you the contact details for the host (GoDaddy) and the domain registrant - though DBP never check the address of the registrant. GoDaddy won't do anything about spammers either - but you could try... [*7] US laws suck (where most spam seems to originate) Outside the US:- http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&topic=12852&answer=34080 In Australia (good laws, lazy enforcement):- forward the spam to:- rep...@submit.spam.acma.gov.au > > 2012/3/7 Nila1936 <nila1...@yahoo.com <mailto:nila1...@yahoo.com>> > <snipped so as to not promote aholes> -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f57dcd3.6080...@gmail.com
