On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Chris Carr wrote:

> I am being hit by a small but increasing amount of spam.
> It always originates from Yahoo and has progressed from
> Nigerian Scams to Dutch Porn.
>
> I have this gut feeling that my address has been obtained
> by mining PicList. But I could be wrong.
> Is anyone else suffering from this affliction?
>
> I have reported it to abuse@yahoo.com but have received no
> feedback from them.

90% chance it's NOT coming from Yahoo.  Look at the headers and you'll see
where it actually came from.  The vast majority of mine comes from .RU,
.CN or unresolvable IP addresses somewhere in RIPE or APNIC address space
(Europe or Asia).

I have an email account with my ISP that has never, not even once, been
used to send mail to anyone, anywhere.  I don't use it, never have, never
will.  But somehow this email address gets upwards of 30 to 50 SPAMs per
day.  Wonder how the SPAMmers got that one?  The only way I can think of
is someon at the ISP selling the list.  Ditto for a Hotmail account I have
never once sent mail from or used anywhere, ever.  Somehow the SPAMmers
get it.

I can't guarantee there are no address miners on the PICList, but I have
taken steps to try to catch any there are.  It's usually pretty easy to
tell, and I do try to find any there are.

Dale

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