Spam from leaked (?) user details

[Mike Stephens]

I get a disturbing amount of email spam addressed to the email address I
used only to register here - rubfor@etc. How have people got hold of
these details?

 

[Sebastian Hungerecker]

I get a disturbing amount of email spam addressed to the email address I
used only to register here - rubfor@etc. How have people got hold of
these details?

Anyone with usenet access can download your messages from comp.lang.ruby and
read the From-header, which includes your email address.

 

[Phil]

-----Original Message-----
From: (e-mail address removed) [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Mike Stephens
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:24 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Spam from leaked (?) user details

I get a disturbing amount of email spam addressed to the email address
I
used only to register here - rubfor@etc. How have people got hold of
these details?

Your email is clear text *at least* on usenet.

 

[Bill Kelly]

From: "Mike Stephens" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby

I get a disturbing amount of email spam addressed to the email address I
used only to register here - rubfor@etc. How have people got hold of
these details?

See above. In short,

ruby-talk mailing list <======> usenet comp.lang.ruby
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ruby forums

The ruby-forum is a web gateway to the ruby-talk mailing list.
The ruby-talk mailing list is also gatewayed to the
comp.lang.ruby usenet group.

Our email addresses travel far and wide.


Regards,

Bill