"Paul Iadonisi" asked
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On a related note, has anyone else received a marked increase in spam,
particularly if you use a custom one for this list? I usually see a
gradual increase in spam directed at each of my email addresses for each
list as I post more and more time passes. I've seen a significant spike
in a relatively short period of time to the address I use on this list.
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Yep,
I reported last week that the day I registered for this list (before I had even
posted to it) my domain was used in something that looked like a virus-carrier -
I had 40 bounces from messages originated on 40 different machines all over the
world during the next 4 days - all forging my domain and using random local
parts.
A small number of different message subjects were involved
(" I have spyware, please help txir", "Spyware is everywhere! rsys" "Urgent -
CONSUMER ALERT ohfye" etc. etc.)
Interestingly, they ceased arriving within an hour or so of my reporting the
'coincidence' here. (Should I thank someone?)
Chris Haynes