[mythtv-users] This is not a spam

[Mike Perkins]

Brian Wood wrote:
> David Schmidt wrote:
>> I got two in my gmail as well.  Subjects were "[mythtv-users] rude
>> polar bear" and "[mythtv-users] orbiting insurance agent."
> 
> I didn't get either of those, but I don't use gmail. I checked my "junk"
> directories and nothing of that sort was there.
> 
> Sounds like the common thread here is gmail ?
> 
> BEWW
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To clarify, two of those I got were those described above. However, the 
sender's details are usually made up on the spot (typically randomised 
from stuff the botted machine received previously) so I didn't bother 
posting them.

If I had received these spams myself, I wouldn't have bothered posting 
to the list. The list is where they came from (apparently). Since others 
have had items wth the same headers, this more or less proves that the 
list was used as a conduit.

Gmail? No thank you. However, Thunderbird regularly flags up genuine 
entries that have come from gmail sources; I manually override them if 
they are genuine - 99% are. The above mentioned spams were *not* flagged.

If a bit of chat helps reduce the spam rate to zero, and keeps the list 
clean, I consider it worth while. Hence the original post.

Mike Perkins