RE: OT: Spam Mail on List?

["Edwin Beekman" <ebeekman () schubergphilis com>]

Yup... I had the same... The minute I signed on to this Snort List I got spammed....


Edwin

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Rohrer [mailto:snort () metbymail com]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 3:20 AM
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: [Snort-users] OT: Spam Mail on List?


All,

I have noticed an increase in spam to my personal accounts.  I have 
successfully dodged spammers for several years by creating new e-mail 
addresses for myself for different purposes.  For example, 
snort () metbymail com is an address I have only used with this mail list. 
  My two personal addresses at home have survived without getting 
spammed for years until just recently when they are suddenly both being 
used.  (This occurred before I signed up for the Snort mailing list and 
I am not trying to draw a connection between the two events.)    Within 
days of my signing up for the Snort Users list, I started getting spam 
to that address as well. I am writing to you all to ask if anyone else 
gets spam to the addresses they have used on this list.  I just want to 
rule that possibility out.  This will leave two other possibilities for 
me:

1) Comcast (or someone with access to their mail server) who recently 
took over our broadband network from ATT has captured my outgoing 
e-mail addresses and has sold or provided them to advertisers.
2) My personal server (which was not being used for outgoing messages) 
has been taken over and nothing on my home network is safe : (  I have 
done some checks of my server and do not see anything out of the 
ordinary.

I do apologize for posting this message here, I just want to ensure my 
facts are correct before I approach Comcast.

Thanks.

Tim



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