Wow. I was *just* about to ask the same question!
I was worried about getting flamed though ;-)
Recently I've been getting tons of music-related spam sent to the email address I use for the IDM List and email address I use for the Ambient List.
Specifically with regards to the Ambient List I *know* the spam is originating from there because it is the *only* place I use that address.
Thankfully they all provide unsubscribe options but still, I've really been getting a lot of junk mail for labels, releases, parties and promotion that isn't even remotely Ambient or IDM related.
Mind you, I do get a lot of junk from these sorts of places because of my StaticBeats website but still, precise@staticbeats.com is only used for the Ambient List so the junk mail is definitely originating from there.
Thanks for bringing this up.
Shimone/Justes
http://www.staticbeats.com | Electronic Music For The Mind
http://www.shimone.org | Pictures From The Soul
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Korfhage
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 11:38 AM
Subject: [idm] friendly, but still unwanted info-spamming
This is a public query to the list admin or anyone else that may be in the
know-- I'm on the idm digest, but keep receiving multiple separate messages
from various IDM labels, promoters, etc., sometimes for local events that
aren't in any way local to me. Are the addresses of IDM-list recipients
being given to presumed friendly parties? I, personally, would rather they
weren't if this is the case. It's not a huge complaint, but recently I seem
to be getting a message from a new source just about every other day, and
I'm tired of unsubscribing.
If I've somehow ended up on a different address registry (I'm not sure how,
since I use this address almost exclusively for the IDM list and some
personal mail), then all apologies. I've just never had to use a filter for
this address, and I'd hate to have to bother now.
All the best,
Matthew