In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Vanderburg II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've recently gotten more than too many spam messages and all say > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm wondering > if my mail list registration is now being used to spam myself and > others. If so, sorry, but I'm not the one sending messages if other are > getting them even though Sender seems to include my address (I'm not > sure about mail headers so I don't know how From: is different than > Sender:) Anyway, it seems to be a bunch of spam emails about cracks and > stuff. > > Brian Vanderburg II Nah, if anyone owes anybody an apology, then whatever mail server admins decided that it would be a good idea to accept SMTP messages before actually determining that the RCPT TO address is, in fact, deliverable, thereby creating a deluge of backscatter and filling up your inbox, should be groveling on their knees and begging *you* for forgiveness. ;) (I haven't seen any such spam messages myself; but the way I'm set up, I wouldn't receive them even if that is the case.) -- Mark Shroyer, http://markshroyer.com/contact/ I have joined others in blocking Google Groups due to excessive spam. If you want more people to see your posts, you should use another means of posting to Usenet. http://improve-usenet.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
