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Re: [LUG] spam: [ Was Re: email]

 

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Julian Hall wrote:

> I hate to say it, but the only spam I get is addressed to this address,
> which I use exclusively for LUG email.  I know the archive deliberately
> munges addresses to conceal them, so I'm wondering if anyone such as the
> admins has any ideas why this might be.
>
> Please note I am not laying blame *anywhere*, simply asking a question.

All sorts of reasons. The common one is that someone on the list is using 
a Microsoft based system which automatically adds new email addresses into 
an address book, then their PC gets compromised with a trojan and their 
address book gets posted to a spammer...

Gordon

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