SPAM

[Scott Rossi]

>> Can someone tell me how my 'special' email address I created for
>> especially for this list and only this list got to a spammer? In the two
>> or three years I've been on this list, this has never happened before,
>> until now.

> You know, you can access this list from Google:
> type <Stephen Barncard site:lists.runrev.com> into the Google search box
> and you'll see your email address 'in the clear.' All a Spammer has to
> do is scrape the Google version of this list and they've got it.

Another explanation is someone subscribed to the list was (knowingly or
unknowingly) affected with a virus or spyware, and the address was lifted
from their mail.  Unfortunate but quite possible.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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