From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Trevor Woerner <mips082-nospam@vtnet.ca>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: mailing list spam
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 16:34:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031004143435.GA29083@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200310031609.07289.mips082-nospam@vtnet.ca>
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 04:09:07PM -0400, Trevor Woerner wrote:
> I appreciate microsoft *.exe updates by email just as much as the next
> guy, however...
>
> I create email aliases for the different mailing lists I join. I
> noticed that I've been receiving a fair amount of spam to the email
> address I setup for this list. I figured it was because I posted
> something in the past, so I unsubscribed my old email address, created
> a new one, and re-subscribed.
>
> Without having made any postings since the change, I have just received
> spam to the new address I've setup for this list, which means someone
> has access to the membership list. Any chance this could be looked into
> and turned off?
>
> The humorous part being, of course, how stringently the the list
> receiver is that the sender's email domain resolve properly. At least
> we know it's dns-resolvable spam!
You're victim of a dictionary attack.
This list is about Linux, not spam discussions.
Ralf
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-04 14:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-03 20:09 mailing list spam Trevor Woerner
2003-10-04 2:15 ` Keith Owens
2003-10-04 14:34 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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