Robert Waldner wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 13:02:16 BST, Alex Hunsley writes: > >Who runs the debian list? I emailed the list owner address a little while ago > >and haven't received a response. What I said in this email was: I think that > >i > >t > >is an omission not to say in the confirm list subscription email message that > >all messages will be forwarded to usenet. I had no idea about this, so > >several > >messages with my un-munged address are on usenet, and I'm getting barrels of > >spam now. Surely it would be polite for the subscription process to mention > >that your messages end up on usenet? > > The list->news - gateways aren't being run by debian, they're being set > up by other people and thus the listmaster(s) have no influence over > them.
Ok. Surely it's still possible for the list admin to mention that emails will go to usenet though? > > But OTOH, I post here since ~ 2 years, with an unmangled address, and > haven't seen any increase in spam. Yeah, I suppose a debian usenet group isn't the most likely place to trawl for email address. I'm not sure I the trawlers target certian groups or go for all groups, hmm.... alex -- Now playing: The Beatles - Hey Jude
