From: MagerValp (MagerValp_at_cling.gu.se)
Date: 2007-03-03 14:29:00
>>>>> "MM" == Marko Mäkelä <marko.makela@hut.fi> writes:
AT> I ve got a big problem, but with spam. It seems that this mailing
AT> list is under spam attack; otherwise I cannot explain the sudden
AT> rise of spam, because I've never used this e-mail address for
AT> anything else but for the cbm-hackers-list.
MM> I don't think that this list accepts email from non-subscribers.
It doesn't. Spam sent to the list, that doesn't get caught in the
gu.se spam filters, bounces.
MM> However, it is entirely possible that e-mail addresses have been
MM> harvested from archived messages. The archive at
MM> http://www.softwolves.pp.se/misc/arkiv/cbm-hackers/ obscures the
MM> email addresses a little, but I guess that the bad guys can
MM> program simple search&replace patterns.
I read an article a while ago that mentioned that modern spam
harvesters can defeat common attempts to hide addresses. In this
particular case though, the cbm-hackers archive is not the only place
where Antitrack's address is published:
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:Sf4Khttc-nsJ:www.c64.com/scene_display_interview.php%3Finterview%3D132+Antitrack%40networld.at
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