Greetings: Worse than below - I've been getting bounced messages in
which someone is sending virus files with my return envelope.. Thank
goodness the addressed ISP has been able to destroy them before any
damage. (Hopefully)..
Bottom line; there are many "creeps" out there...
Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0 (2.4.20)
Utrum Per Hebdomadem Perveniam
On 03-09, Peter Gantner wrote:
> On Tuesday, the 9th of March, Peter H. thusly spake:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been spam free for the past 6 months. Now all of a sudden I get regular
> > spam by apparently a subscriber this list linux-newbie.
> >
> > Is it only me since I see no one else is complaining?
> >
> > Can it be stopped at the source that is at linux-newbie?
> >
> > What information is needed? The spam comes with hostname constantly changing
> > in the Message-Id:, however, not the ISP itself.
> >
> > Regards
>
> linux-newbie is archived publicly on the net, for example at
> groups.google.com and address-harvester can easily pick up any one
> subscribers email address.
> Chances are, your spam comes from this.
>
> If the spammer really always uses the same ISP to sent their junk,
> the usual way would be to complain to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or other
> contact address for example taken from a whois lookup).
>
> hth
> Peter G.
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