Re: spamming of ML addresses

[Philipp K. J. <ja...@ie...>]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2017 09:02:12 +0100
pl...@pi... wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> for the last three weeks I have been getting massive amounts of SPAM 
> from the address I use for this ML. I am going to have to shut down
> the account.
> 
> This is presumably because sourceforge mailman service archives this
> as a public list exposing contact emails which have been trawled by
> spammers.
> 
> Is there  a way to prevent full addresses being exposed in that way?
> 
> Are others having this problem?

No, I haven't (fortunately!). Sorry to hear.

But the other day I got an email, apparently from
Sourceforge, to confirm that I want to be subscribed
to the two gnuplot email lists. I don't recall ever
receiving such an email before, but it looked legit,
and so I confirmed. Have others gotten similar emails?

> 
> Peter.
> 
> 
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