Re: Mailing list hacked by spammer?

Glyn Astill wrote:
> Most likely just a forged header or something, hardly hacked
> though is it.

Yes, hack is the correct term. The bad guys have hacked into the major email systems, including gmail, which was the origin of this spam:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/25/gmail_captcha_crack/

> I think you need to do some training:
> http://www2.b3ta.com/bigquiz/hacker-or-spacker/

Sending a link to a web site that plays loud rap music is not a friendly way to make your point.

Craig

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> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Craig James <craig_james(at)emolecules(dot)com>
>> To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> Sent: Friday, 18 July, 2008 4:02:37 PM
>> Subject: [PERFORM] Mailing list hacked by spammer?
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>> I've never gotten a single spam from the Postgres mailing list ... until today.
>> A Chinese company selling consumer products is using this list. I have my
>> filters set to automatically trust this list because it has been so reliable
>> until now. It would be really, really unfortunate if this list fell to the
>> spammers.
>>
>> Craig
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