I got some spam emails after my last post to the list, and the emails did not seem to go through r-help. The spammers may be subscribed to the r-help, or they get the poster emails from some of the web copies of this list (nabble or similar).
Peter On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Ulrik Stervbo <ulrik.ster...@gmail.com> wrote: > I asked the moderators about it. This is the reply > > "Other moderators have looked into this a bit and may be able to shed more > light on it. This is a "new" tactic where the spammers appear to reply to > the r-help post. They are not, however, going through the r-help server. > > It also seems that this does not happen to everyone. > > I am not sure how you can automatically block the spammers. > > Sorry I cannot be of more help." > > --Ulrik > > Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> schrieb am Di., 17. Apr. 2018, > 14:59: > >> Likely a spammer has joined the mailing list and is auto-replying to posts >> made to the list. Unlikely that the list itself has been "hacked". Agree >> that it is obnoxious. >> >> On April 17, 2018 5:01:10 AM PDT, Neotropical bat risk assessments < >> neotropical.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >Hi all, >> > >> >Site has been hacked? >> >Bad SPAM arriving >> > >> >______________________________________________ >> >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> -- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
