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Spam from leaked (?) user details

Mike Stephens

9/19/2007 6:24:00 PM

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?
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3 Answers

Sebastian Hungerecker

9/19/2007 6:31:00 PM

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Mike Stephens wrote:
> 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.


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Phillip Gawlowski

9/19/2007 6:38:00 PM

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounce@example.com [mailto:list-bounce@example.com] 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.

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Bill Kelly

9/19/2007 6:42:00 PM

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From: "Mike Stephens" <rubfor@recitel.net>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
>
> 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
^
> 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