Re: [Mailman-Users] Odd Subscriptions
At 02:09 PM 7/17/2011, Mark Sapiro wrote: Mark Sapiro wrote: I eventually got a couple of subscription requests from addresses similar to what you describe at apotmail.com. I discarded the requests and added ^.*[@.]apotmail\.com$ to the ban list of all my lists. When I wrote the amove, I hadn't seen my mmdsr report from yesterday. Yesterday (actually, today, July 17, 04:44 -) I had 6 banned subscription requests (2 each on 3 lists) from first.l...@apotmail.com addresses. This time, there was no advance email. Their getting bolder and even less scrupulous. So, at the risk of seeming stupid, what is it that they are trying to do, or doing. Are they collecting addresses for spam, or what? If I don't ask, I won't learn. Dave -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter use your sense - B. Dylan -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Mailman-Users] Odd Subscriptions
At 03:41 PM 7/17/2011, Mark Sapiro wrote: David Andrews wrote: So, at the risk of seeming stupid, what is it that they are trying to do, or doing. Are they collecting addresses for spam, or what? If I don't ask, I won't learn. As I said in my original reply, It's answerpot http://answerpot.com/ archiving your lists. They are subscribing to your lists in order to collect list posts for their archive. See their web site for more info. You did say that and I just didn't check it out. Is there any reason to not let them do this? My sponsoring organization is involved in a lot of public education kinds of things, and want to get the word out. Is there a negative, or spam risk, or something to letting them archive? And ... finally, why do they need multiple subscribes to the same list? Sorry if I am asking to many questions -- I know you aren't their representative or defender. Dave -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
