Several things can be done: (1) Close the list to non-subscribers posts. Pretty easy to do, with most list software; Those with multiple accounts they want to subscribe to the list from, would want to have "NoMail" set on the accounts they're not currently getting the list at (This means, "Subscribe me, but don't send posts to me." Handy capability, I don't know if the current software does all this though; L-Soft's does, it's what I'm used to. We'd need fast unsubscribing for any subscribers that DID send spam, usually SPAMmers are too dumb/lazy to actually subscribe & then post to a list, they're after instant gratification, not eventual results... (Wish I could get my old nwlink account off the list, we don't seem to have an admin here!?) (2) Close the wear-hard archives to reading by outsiders - all a Spammer has to do is go feed the archives as input to an "e-mail address snagger" program, when they buy to start with, and they end up with YOUR e-mail address from YOUR post. WPoison could be used here, also, but, easier to just close the door totally; Bit of a pain to manage that, though. Alternately, could "munge" the e-mail addresses in that archive, so posts aren't tracable back to your e-mail address. Changing @ to ^@^ or something on each post, would help <G> (3) Track the spammer down & have 'em booted off their ISP. (Or have them drawn & quartered <EG>) This isn't a total cure-all, (Well, the first isn't anyways!) but, does tend to slow them down for a bit. Problem is, they use stolen credit cards to get "free" 250 minute AOL accounts quite often, then use those up, and they send a lot of mail in those 250 minutes. And steal AOL accounts etc., when they can. I can help trace headers, if you don't know how (Need full headers.) (4) Use a revision scheme for your e-mail address (like myname9910 for this month, myname9911 for next month, etc.) Lot of personal work, but it does fix Spammers' wagons. Or use some other numbering scheme, and revise & drop the previous one at the first SPAM, as some people do; It's a pain tho. Just first thoughts, I need to go finish moving so I'm scanning fast. I'll post tracing on those SPAM headers tonight, to the list. Mark Lee Adamson wrote: > > Well, this is rather OT, so I'll try to keep it short and not waste > bandwidth. > > The only thing that I use this address for is this mailing list. > > I have been getting huge amounts of spam lately, and I have no way to block > webmail (you have to pay extra. bleh). > > So I assume that the spammer(s) are getting addresses from this list. > > Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, is there anything we can do about > it? > > Thanks, > -Lee. > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 > > -- > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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