Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 06:35:05 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spam to list participants (from openhosting.com & softcom.com) Message-ID: <20140501063505.e89db20d9a06c798fd4785a9@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <CAKE2PDtVGayT9LEW7iLkvzCHnPSx=R5f42sRq7bFBN=CtzpsMw@mail.gmail.com> 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> <CAKE2PDtVGayT9LEW7iLkvzCHnPSx=R5f42sRq7bFBN=CtzpsMw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:34:14 -0700 jungleboogie0 <jungleboogie0@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. No, because the default reply address is the list, so if you just hit reply as I have in this post it goes to the list without CC to the individual posters in the thread. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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