Not much point either since most newsgroup servers no longer accept on
message cancels anymore (due to abuse of the process, people were canceling
other people's posts). TTYL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Robert Rolf
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 01:24
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: PicList Mining
>
>
> So THAT's where the sudden increase in trash mail came from...
> I guess it's too late to issue 'cancel's for all the messages
> that went out to usenet with email addresses intact.
>
> R
>
> "James Newton. Admin 3" wrote:
> >
> > Just FYI.
> >
> > James Newton, PICList Admin #3
> > mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com
> > 1-619-652-0593 phone
> > http://www.piclist.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Duffy <avd@audiovisualdevices.com.au>
> > To: James Newton. Admin 3 <jamesnewton@piclist.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 19:20
> > Subject: Re: PicList Mining
> >
> > At 07:08 PM 29/07/01 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Yeah, thanks for the heads up.
> > >
> > >There was a period of time when someone was feeding PICList
> content to a
> > >news feed (comp.arch.embedded.piclist) with the email addresses intact.
> > News
> > >feeds are big targets for SPAM miners.
> > >
> > >We did see the value in having our content readable by news fans, but
> > >couldn't allow the emails to go out like that... luckily, the
> guy that was
> > >feeding it was willing and able to implement an email
> obfuscation routine
> > >that randomly inserts different junk into the email addresses.
> > >
> > >It should be safe from automated mining (and it is all
> automated). But in
> > >the mean time, we leaked a lot of SPAM bait and our members
> will get bit.
> > >
> > >Sorry.
> >
> > It's not your fault - damn spammers!
> >
> > >Is it ok if I forward this to the list as well?
> >
> > No problem...
> >
> > >James Newton, PICList Admin #3
> > >mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com
> > >1-619-652-0593 phone
> > >http://www.piclist.com
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: David Duffy <avd@uq.net.au>
> > >To: <jamesnewton@piclist.com>
> > >Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 02:27
> > >Subject: PicList Mining
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi James,
> > >Looks like the list has been mined again - I got this one
> > >addressed to the email account I only use for the PicList.
> > >Thought you might like to know.  :-)   BTW, glad to hear
> > >that you got some more donations to help with the list.
> > >Regards...
> > ><quote>
> > >
> > >X-Persona: <Piclist>
> > >Return-Path: <amyforuno@datingserv.com>
> > >Received: from mail-sva.nomadic.co.jp ([210.226.163.115])
> > >          by zaphod.audiovisualdevices.com.au (8.9.3/8.8.7)
> with ESMTP id
> > >SAA09809
> > >          for <piclist@AUDIOVISUALDEVICES.COM.AU>; Sun, 29 Jul 2001
> > 18:07:04
> > >+1000
> > >Message-Id: <200107290807.SAA09809@zaphod.audiovisualdevices.com.au>
> > >Received: from datingserv.com (adsl-65-66-218-125.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net
> > >[65.66.218.125]) by mail-sva.nomadic.co.jp with SMTP
> (Microsoft Exchange
> > >Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13)
> > >          id PZVPQRZR; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 15:07:30 +0900
> > >From: "Amy Fortuno" <amyforuno@datingserv.com>
> > >To: <picilli@mdi.ca>
> > >Subject: rate my pictures?
> > >Sender: "Amy Fortuno" <amyforuno@datingserv.com>
> > >Mime-Version: 1.0
> > >Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> > >Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 01:24:51 -0500
> > >Reply-To: "Amy Fortuno" <amyforuno@mymail.com>
> > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> > >Status:
> > >
> > >whats up, Rate my pictures on a scale of 1 to 10.
> > ><http://www.timecities.com/members/hotgirl/aff.html>CLICK HERE
> > >
> > ></quote>
> > >___________________________________________
> > >David Duffy        Audio Visual Devices P/L
> > >U8, 9-11 Trade St, Cleveland 4163 Australia
> > >Ph: +61 7 38210362   Fax: +61 7 38210281
> > >New Web: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au
> > >New email: avd@audiovisualdevices.com.au
> > >___________________________________________
> >
> > ___________________________________________
> > David Duffy        Audio Visual Devices P/L
> > U8, 9-11 Trade St, Cleveland 4163 Australia
> > Ph: +61 7 38210362   Fax: +61 7 38210281
> > New Web: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au
> > ___________________________________________
> >
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