Re: [NTLK] Got a spam mail "Solution for Your weight problem!!!" through my NewtonTalk mail address from Dorcas Little

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Frank Gruendel <newtontalk@pda-soft.de> wrote:
>
> I just received a spam mail through my NewtonTalk address from socialcause.hyd@gmail.com. This never
> happened before.
>
> Since I am subscribed to the digest version, I doubt that it was sent through the list. But I'm
> wondering who the heck knows my NewtonTalk address other than NewtonTalkers. Has anybody out there
> received the same mail?

I have not, but the email addresses are listed in the NewtonTalk
archives <http://newtontalk.net/archive/> with the '@' symbol replaced
with '_at_' so it's very likely that a bot is smarter than that.

Morgan Aldridge

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