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Re: spam rampage. was: T1143012b01 notas1s
- To: mike stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Subject: Re: spam rampage. was: T1143012b01 notas1s
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:24:06 -0400
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, robertlipe at usa dot net
- References: <200107210009.RAA20942@kankakee.wrs.com>
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 05:09:34PM -0700, mike stump wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:41:19 -0500
>> From: Robert Lipe <robertlipe@usa.net>
>> To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
>
>> We've had a rash today of huge spams on this list. I'd have thought
>> that most of these would be banished on size alone. Has some filter
>> been loosened or have spammers gotten smarter?
>
>> I fully realize the high improbablity of the latter...
>
>First, yes, there are more virus emails going around lately, and we'll
>see more of them. There has been some change recently because the
>orbs list is now defunct. I'm not sure if the overseers have had a
>chance to update to the newer lists yet, I suspect not. I'll send
>them an update notice.
We updated some time ago, not too long after ORBS went silent.
I doubt that ORBS would have stopped virus infestations, though.
cgf