Re: The ..... worm

From: expect <expect(at)ihubbell(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: The ..... worm
Date: 2003-08-28 03:35:40
Message-ID: 20030827203540.61dc80fe.expect@ihubbell.com
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:35:17 -0500
Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 15:49:26 -0700,
> expect <expect(at)ihubbell(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> As you have been told previously, not everyone who posts to these lists
> are on the lists and their address is needed to get replies.

Really? I don't remember anyone pointing that out.
Anyway it's a social issue then...it's unfortunate. Since signing on to the
list my inbox is looking a lot worse than I've ever seen it.

Other lists I subscribe to do not suffer from the spam plague in the way this
list does. I wish I'd known that before signing on rather than after.
<shrug>

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