Re: [ISN] Majordomo Could Mean Major Spam

[Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2003-09-09 David wrote:
> Folks, if you use this list and use a real email address (kinda
> impossible not to, eh?) then you end up in Bugtraq's web page BY EMAIL
> ADDRESS anytime you post. Spammers obviously spider the web site
> regularly. I get an average of 80 subject related emails a day from
> the two lists on bugtraq I want. I average 10-20 spams, mostly viagra,
> loan, pharmaceutical, and "I've go a couple million here in Nigeria,
> and I need your help"s.
>
> I don't see how they can have the archives safe from spiders unless:
>
> Bugtraq starts saving their archives as JPGs or such.
>
> I personally love the idea. Bugtraq will hate it because:
>
> They don't get the spam. They would have to convert the mess to
> pictures. Wasted time in their minds.

I don't think, you have a point here. The addresses are in the from-
header, so a spammer could easily subscribe to the newsletters and have
some scripts retrieve the addresses from the mails and feed them to his
database.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers

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