On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 04:13:08PM -0400, Matt Kettler wrote:

> I think it was either Theo Van Dinter or Tony Svanstrom that once pointed 
> out that any spamtrap listed on a website needs to be closely monitored, as 
> some mailviruses for some reason will wind up extracting email addresses 
> from websites and inadvertently subscribing them to legitimate mail lists. 
> This occurs as a side effect of the virus using your address as a From: and 
> a "list subscribe" address as the To:. This only works for lists which are 
> not confirmed, but many hobbyist lists are not confirmed.

I didn't know that - it's a good point. It doesn't look like it's an option
because of the possiblity of reporting NG Major-Domos as spammers.

Regards: Jim Ford


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