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Subject: Re: we aren't the enemy, but it's hard to prove it
From: "John R Levine" <johnl @ iecc . com>
Date: 30 Apr 2001 18:00:07 -0400
To: "List-Managers @ GreatCircle . COM" <List-Managers @ GreatCircle . COM>
In-reply-to: <200104301813.f3UIDpp24554@ripco.com>

> | In practice, I've seen very few spams that appeared to be sent via
> | conventional mailing list software.  ...  As of yet, they don't even try. 
> | Most spam looks like individual emails.

Actually, I've gotten spam from more than one site running Lyris.  There
aren't a lot of spammers using real list software, but there are some.

I've also gotten a lot of spam from sites like egroups where a spammer
"imports" a spam list.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner
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