Re: list migration

[Dave D. <dde...@es...>]

Daniel J Sebald <dan...@ie...> writes:

> 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.


Yeah, it all comes to info-gnuplot-owner (ie me) for approval :-(
There's probably about 50 a day you don'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.)
>

Yeah, seems fair to me.


dd
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