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Re: Talking about spam and stuff..
- From: J.D. Falk
- Date: Mon Nov 17 17:40:19 1997
On Nov 18, Adrian Chadd <adrian@ourworld.net> wrote:
> Ever since I subscribed to the list, I started to get spam. Which is
> strange, this email accounts gets (a) staff email, (b) nanog email.
> So a bit of snooping showed me that anyone can send the "who nanog" (or
> "which nanog", I cant remember which one, I just sent both :-) command
> to nanog@merit.edu and lo and behold, the subscriber list came back.
>
> So I'm asking the list admins to please disable the command, so spammers
> can't just grab a user list.. and also, for people who run large email
> lists, to consider doing the same.
Making things worse, nanog@merit.edu is still open for anybody
to post to, even if you're not subscribed. Many complaints
have been registered with the listowners, but for some reason
they've all been ignored.
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