Re: list migration

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Me?  :)  Dave is the one who doesn't seem to mind them...

Anyway, my original point is that Dartmouth list seemed to be
a real spam target.  There seemed to be about one or two per
day routed through it.  I just imagine there was a ton of spam
we didn't see.  I suspect there are spammers out there that
collect emails by an automated means.  (Would this be
technically a form of data mining?)  I suspect that collecting
addresses and selling them is a source of revenue for some.
(Should be made universally illegal folks, I decree.)

Call me paranoid, but I'd prefer not having my address on a list
in which an automated program can "who" it and search for
@ symbols.  I can't recall a single spam to my alias address
for about three years until recently.  (I'm not blaming
gnuplot-info.)  And now I can see the slow increase in amount.
(Expletive deleted.)

Dan


Lars Hecking wrote:

>>If you got an email from me ranting about the list members email
>>addresses not being made publicly available, then yes.
>>    
>>
> 
> I'll go and forward the 6000 spam emails I receive every month to
> you then, will I?
>
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