I sent a message to a chap who was hitting my lists with a series of WHO
commands (this is Majordomo for finding out who is on a list). I got the
following reply. Does anyone know about this Bigfoot.com operation?
We haven't suppressed the who command because finding out who is on our
lists can have legitimate scientific value, but I can't decide whether
this is a reasonable use or a setup for a spam.
Bill Silvert
Forwarded message:
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 11:08:20 +0000
From: Jim Hoffman <Jim@Bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: Your behaviour on this list
Reply-to: Jim@Bigfoot.com
Comments: Authenticated sender is <kelsy@fellspt.charm.net>
Bigfoot is a global e-mail directory. Please check out our site at
http;//Bigfoot.com
We have very strong policies on privacy and do not sell, rent, loan
or allow commercial use of the directory. It is a free reference
resource for email users.
> We have received 20 messages from you containing the following commands:
>
> WHO bsim-users
> WHO ecnasap-dad
> WHO czm
> WHO czm-digest
> WHO phycotoxins
> WHO phycotoxins-digest
> WHO sgi
> WHO cstb
> WHO cstb-digest
> WHO benthos
> WHO aczisc
> WHO coastal
> WHO wsb
> WHO eim
> WHO eim-digest
> WHO fisheries
> WHO fisheries-digest
> WHO halifax
> WHO theoretical-ecology
> WHO theoretical-ecology-digest
>
> which indicates that you are collecting Email addresses at random.
> Please explain this behaviour and inform us what you intend to do with
> this information.
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