Rick,
- is used to send mail to anyone who reads it on a Windows box - is used to send mail to any mail server running on a Windows box
is going to be harvested -- it's only a question of when, and from there, it's only a question of when spammers will start trying to deliver to it.
From looking back at the thread it seems that the spam was the result of a
Those are some quite sweeping generalisations there. What if I read my mail on a Windows box yet my mail service is a Linux host - does that mean I have a 50% chance of being harvested eventually? I also have a Macbook that I sometimes use to read my email on, what does that do to my chances? I agree that it *is* very rude when someone takes a mailing list and makes a public archive, but it has already been pointed out that anyone even remotely interested in obtaining addresses can join the list and get addressed and last-used data - plus a myriad other ways that addresses can be obtained. I have an email address and I have no real control over what a third party might do to my email address, ergo I am going to get spam eventually. list being re-purposed for something else. If it was in the UK then there is legislation that would allow you to have a good go at the company, but all the technical and legal solutions in the world can't cure a lack of cluefulness. B