Seth,

I'm not getting that spam via the list. maybe my address got
out that way but its not the vector for the incoming.

Brian

> If the spam was directly to you and not through the list, then the reason
> is that the spammers search through webpages for email addresses, and since
> most mailing lists have a web-archive, you really cannot expect your email
> address to remain private after you post to a mailing list.
> 
> Stopping mail going indirectly through the mailing list should be easy thou,
> using tools like spamassassin.
> 
> -Frank.
> 
> > From: Seth, Wayne (Contractor) [mailto:sethw AT fhu.disa DOT mil] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:09 PM
> > To: 'amanda-users AT amanda DOT org'
> > Subject: Pornography
> > 
> > Since signing up on the Amanda list serve about 2 or 3 weeks 
> > ago, my e-mail address seems to have distributed to several 
> > pornographic spammers.  Because of that, I cannot continue 
> > with the list.  Please unsubscribe me.
>