Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:34:14 -0700 From: jungleboogie0 <jungleboogie0@gmail.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Spam to list participants (from openhosting.com & softcom.com) Message-ID: <CAKE2PDtVGayT9LEW7iLkvzCHnPSx=R5f42sRq7bFBN=CtzpsMw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140430211232.1a1f06dc99b4b799b1dabfc5@sohara.org> 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> <20140430211232.1a1f06dc99b4b799b1dabfc5@sohara.org>
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Hi Steve, On 30 April 2014 13:12, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:15:46 -0500 > Mike Sanders <tmp1@freebsd.hypermart.net> 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. > But this also means messages to the list could be lost because not everyone remember to reply-all. > Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> -- ------- inum: 883510009027723 sip: jungleboogie@sip2sip.info xmpp: jungle-boogie@jit.si
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