Re: Re[4]: [PHP] problems with spam
| From: | David Robley | Date: | Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:20:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re[4]: [PHP] problems with spam | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 | Groups: | php.general |
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In article <20040217181105.10308.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, ng@xemoc.cjb.net
says...
> <1624732628.20040216160211@launchcode.co.uk>
> Richard Davey:
> > Hello mayo,
> >
> > Monday, February 16, 2004, 3:51:30 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > m> As for my email being harvested because I wrote it out
> > m> (mayo@nycinteractive.com). Well I'll change it to
> > m> something else. :-)
> >
> > There are other ways - spam bots can actually subscribe to the list
> > and then just reap the email address of anyone who posts. Or of course
> > just scan the web version of the list archives.
> >
> > m> As it is members of one listserv has gotten swamped. The response
> > there was m> a deluge of "me too!"
> >
> > I bet. It's annoying, but not as annoying as when you post to the list
> > and get a stack of Delivery Reports, Out of office replies, user
> > mailbox full errors and various other things back again from the
> > actual "subscribers".
>
> The only way to get rid of it would be to use the newsgroup version.
>
And never post....
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Quod subigo farinam
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A: Top-posting.
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