On 2025-06-24 at 00:53:55 UTC-0400 (Tue, 24 Jun 2025 04:53:55 +0000 (UTC))
Stephen J. Turnbull <[email protected]>
is rumored to have said:

Jayson Smith writes:
[...]
I also don't quite understand the motivation for subscribe form
flooding. What does the bad actor gain from sending out tons of
subscribe requests to seemingly random people?

I don't think we know.

I think we do.

The targets are not random. It is intentional directed harassment. There are still enough unverified subscription forms out there to amass a formidable mailbomb.



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