Thanks is this still the case at http://lists.shire.net/pipermail/dbamain/ ? We have just put a password on so I am hoping that will stop robots too.
David > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 September 2008 20:00 > To: David Beaumont > Cc: mailman-users@python.org > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Harvesting of email addresses > for spam from archives > > It helps to disallow but the site is allowing. So possible > some engines > will bot the whole site: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/robots.txt > > > On Mon, September 8, 2008 8:25 am, David Beaumont wrote: > > We have had a lot of spams sent directly to our list > members (i.e. not > > sent > > via mailman). All of them have subject headings taken from > list emails > > already sent out genuinely via mailman. Almost all have > our specific list > > prefix (but interesting not every one). > > > > Has anyone else had this recently (started 3rd Sept approx and the > > spammers > > listed from address has 'kiev' in it)? > > > > I can only think of 2 ways this has happened > > > > 1) Our public archives have been harvested by a spammer. This would > > account > > for the subject headings being used. Email addresses are > displayed in the > > archives as, literally, 'name at domain.com' which is not > immediately > > harvestable but wouldn't take much code to convert ' at ' > to '@'. How do > > we > > make this more secure? I notice this list's archives are > not standard > > mailman format! > > > > 2) One of our members PCs has been attacked and the > subjects and email > > addresses taken from there. All our emails are delivered > with the reply > > to > > address being the list but the originators email showing. > This would > > account for a small number of the spams not having our list > prefix in the > > subject heading (they would not have the prefix if stored > in the sent box > > of > > the person that created the genuine message). However I > would expect at > > least some members to report spam with entirely non list > subjects from the > > same spammer. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Mailman-Users mailing list > > Mailman-Users@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > > Searchable Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > Unsubscribe: > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/opensourc > e%40unixoses.com > > > > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9