Re: spamming of ML addresses

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

Am 10.06.2017 um 19:54 schrieb pl...@pi...:
>>> pl...@pi... wrote:

>>>> for the last three weeks I have been getting massive amounts of SPAM
>>>> from the address I use for this ML. 

Strange --- I didn't.  But maybe my mail provider's spam filter is 
tougher than yours...

And just out of curiosity: what do you consider "massive amounts"?

>>>> This is presumably because sourceforge mailman service archives this
>>>> as a public list exposing contact emails which have been trawled by
>>>> spammers.

Did you even look at the archives before making such an accusation?

>>>> Is there  a way to prevent full addresses being exposed in that way?

Ultimately, no, there isn't.  If an address harvester subscribes, they 
will get the address of each posted mail, pretty much by necessity.

> I also got the renew subscription msg , which I also thought looked 
> rather phishy, so I did not do anything about it.

The message is, to the best I can tell, genuine.  Go directly to the 
project's Mailing List pages (not via any link from that mail, if you're 
worried), and see for yourself.