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From:
EggyToast
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Date:
Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:13:00 -0400
Subject:
Re: [idm] list spam?
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<5.2.1.1.0.20030820181131.00baa950@mail.eggtastic.com>
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At 02:22 PM 8/20/2003 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 9 lines Lately I've been getting lots of those Nigerian fraud spams. I only use>Lately I've been getting lots of those Nigerian fraud spams. I only use >the email address for the idm list, and a couple of other idm related, >low traffic things. It looks to me that my email address has been >harvested from the online archive. >Is everyone else on the list getting the same thing? >If so, can some mod be made to the addresses in the archives at least so >they can't be harvested by crawlers? >I know it's too late to prevent it completely, but at least we can make >it harder to harvest the email addresses going forward?
My goodness. I thought I was simply being targetted by Nigeria for the past 2 weeks. I've been averaging about 3-7 nigerian scams (of many various flavors) a DAY. I'm sure it has to do with the IDM-L archive that simply displays all of the list's email addresses in plain text. I haven't gotten much of anything to this address, but my old address (eggy at eggytoast dot com) is flooded. It's enough to make me want to unsubscribe derek -- eggytoast.com - eggtastic.com ----- it's in your grocer's freezer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org