Thank you Arnold, I thought it must be a leak from list itself, forgot about its users. I was just wondering and wanted to warn users... I'll write some spamrules, special addresses make it really simple. > Hi Dreamy, > > On 04/23/2011 01:37 PM, Dreamy wrote: >> How did they get my unique e-mail address dedicated for this list? > Each member of this list has your special e-mail address, once you post to > the list. > >> I'm just guessing, but I can't imagine anything else. > Most e-mail addresses are harvested from virus infected PC's. So, if one > member of this list gets infected then your e-mail address is known by > spammers. This is a very reliable way to collect active addresses... > > As you noticed, trying to keep your address secret is not effective in > fighting spam. Better, make sure you have a good working spam filter. > > With 99% spam the trick is to filter the correct messages out :-) As you use > a special address for this list, you might use a filter that checks for > "*[Pool] *" in the subject line. I just reviewed my check: it is not on the > subject, but the pool address is in To or CC. This also works well. My rule > blocked about 80-90 spam messages today up to 14:20h for my ntp-list address. > > Good luck, > Arnold >
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