Re: The ..... worm

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:18:19 -0700
Dennis Gearon <gearond(at)fireserve(dot)net> wrote:

I don't have it, but I did get a spam from gearond(at)oit(dot)edu or was that
real?

Why does this list even use real addresses? Why not have From and To the same?
i.e. pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org

Is it a social issue or technical? I'd be surprised if it was the latter.

> <OT about the worm>
> Jeessh, a lot of people have my email address.
>
> I have received about 500 copies of the worm in the last 24 hours. My
> mail spool at work was sooooo full I couldn't get out or relay or
> anything. The wierd part is that it's my work address, and I'm
> subscribed to almost all my lists through the address above or my
> previous home address. YEARS ago I was using the work address for lists,
> but not for a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time.
> </OT about the worm>
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