Re: Mailing list hacked by spammer?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Mailing list hacked by spammer?
Date: 2008-07-18 16:21:18
Message-ID: 20080718162118.GB4042@alvh.no-ip.org
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Steve Atkins wrote:
>
> On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Craig James wrote:
>
>> I've never gotten a single spam from the Postgres mailing list ...
>> until today. A Chinese company selling consumer products is using
>> this list. I have my filters set to automatically trust this list
>> because it has been so reliable until now. It would be really, really
>> unfortunate if this list fell to the spammers.
>
> It's not been "hacked by spammers".
>
> It's a valid From address, probably coincidentally. Nothing worth
> discussing. *Definitely* not something worth discussing on the list.

Keep in mind that messages from unsubscribed addresses are held up for
moderation. A human moderator must then reject it or approve it, and
humans make mistakes sometimes.

--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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