email addresses and spam

[Peter Jeremy]

On 2007-May-24 12:02:39 -0700, Walter Ian Kaye <freebsd-org at natural-innovations.com> wrote:
> All right, who released my email address to spammers?

My guess is that you did.

> I send mail to ports at freebsd.org, and 2 weeks later I get spam.
> That is not cool, people. You MUST make sure that never happens.
> Now I have to blacklist this address. Sheesh.

I'm not sure where you have been living all your life but junk mail
is a part of being on the internet.  I think you need to change your
attitude or you'll be winding up in lots of blacklists.

Anyone can subscribe to most of the FreeBSD mailing lists.  Once they
have subscribed, they will receive copies of all the traffic on the
list - this includes whatever addresses posters have included in their
messages.  The project can't accept responsibility for what list
subscribers so with the information they receive.  It is up to you to
protect your e-mail using whatever anti-spam measures you like.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
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