Those type of messages can come from less-than-capable spammers that have a script run awry. The piclist is republished and archived in so many places it's an easy target. And also if you are working on a spam script you can use it to test your work. Bob On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:00 +1000, "cdb" wrote: > I've just received two emails from the Piclist dated 17/5/2010, both on= =20 > the same subject Low Cost DC to DC converter, both from Olin, times at > 9:14=20 > and 9:19pm. >=20 > I thought for a second maybe his computer has the wrong time stamp, then= =20 > realised this would be most unlikely. >=20 > Colin > -- > cdb, on 16/06/2011 --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .