[snip] Okay, let me ask a slightly different question. I am getting several of these Microsoft emails every day and I think that they are coming via this list. Is anyone else having similar problems or am I following a red herring? [/snip]
Red-herring. We get several dozens of these each day from different sources. It is general spam. Now, since you have joined a mailing list your e-mail address is archived with posts to the list. Spambots regularly troll archive lists fishing for addy's to place upon the list. So if you never had spam before joining the MySQL list you may be receiving some by virtue of having joined and having your e-mail addy farmed. This is one possibility -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]