[mythtv-users] OT: Spam?

[Marc Randolph]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Petteri Matilainen <pmatil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just received a mail from mythtv-users at mythtv.org, titled
> "[mythtv-users] Anjelina Jolie XXX Video Free." Why does mythtv list
> send spam? The mail says I have subscribed to MSN featured offers. I
> didn't know I did, and even if I had, this is clearly a virus-spam
> message. How to disable these in the future? List configuration
> doesn't say anything about this.

The email almost certainly has a forged header in attempts to get past
your spam filters.  In other words, if you go to "Show Original" and
study the header, you will likely find it didn't actually come from
mythtv.org at all.

   Marc