SPAM from freebsd-questions

Quartz quartz at sneakertech.com
Sat Jul 25 11:42:45 UTC 2015


> I just posted about data loss, and got 3 spam emails from China
> instantly.

This has been going on for ages and people complain about it regularly 
with no result (you're like the 3rd person this month).


>How is China finding out email addresses
> of everyone that posts to freebsd-questions,

They're subscribed just like anyone else is, they just reply to whatever 
is in the 'from' field.


>and can the SPAM be
> stopped?

Technically the list maintainer(s) should really unsubscribe them, but 
that doesn't seem to be happening. Just set up a kill filter in your client.




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