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Subject:Re: spammed after sending to the list ?
From:John Rodgers
Date:Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:06:20 -0500

wolfgang wrote:

> I've lurked on the list for some time, and then only a week ago,
> joined and sent a message.  Within a day or two, I got a spam
> from a porn site about Snow White and the seven dwarves.  I've
> never used this email address for anything but that posting to the
> list.  Today, I got another one, same porn site, same message.
>
> Did anyone else get that particular spam ?  I suppose some web
> spider, or whatever those programs are called, are picking them off
> of the archives web site ?

Wolfgang, If you opened the thing you will need to run an antivirus
program and remove it. Whether you have or have not, you can set up a
filter that will remove the ting to trash automatically, then its just a
matter of emptying your trash file.

Good Luck,

John Rodgers