From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 30 21:27:41 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C31163F7 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:27:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from uk1rly2283.eechost.net (relay01.mail.uk1.eechost.net [217.69.40.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8871718AD for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [31.186.37.179] (helo=smtp.marelmo.com) by uk1rly2283.eechost.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Wfata-0002mS-Vj for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:14:23 +0100 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.marelmo.com) by smtp.marelmo.com with smtp (Exim 4.82 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Wfarp-000O9y-4y for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 20:12:33 +0000 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:12:32 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spam to list participants (from openhosting.com & softcom.com) Message-Id: <20140430211232.1a1f06dc99b4b799b1dabfc5@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20140430101545.GA931@taco-shack.cow> References: <73354.1398734218@server1.tristatelogic.com> <535F1667.1050406@soliddataservices.com> <20140429114019.0eb3ce48@X220.alogt.com> <20140429124618.06d708ba@gumby.homeunix.com> <20140429204204.2e561935@X220.alogt.com> <20140429140123.GA910@taco-shack.cow> <20140429162810.76013a19@gumby.homeunix.com> <20140430101545.GA931@taco-shack.cow> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Auth-Info: 15567@permanet.ie (plain) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:27:41 -0000 On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:15:46 -0500 Mike Sanders wrote: > Which implies all list members email addresses are exposed > to the world at large? How else would an email address be > gained by spammers... If that's the case it needs to be changed. I think it's only hitting posters, whose addresses are revealed in the From header. I'll probably get some extra spam now. Given that it is desirable that non subscribers can post questions and get replys thanks to the common habit of replying to all this is unavoidable without sacrificing that capability which has been a long standing and valued feature of FreeBSD mailing lists. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith