[CM] recent spam to cmdist

[Dave Phillips]

Bill Schottstaedt wrote:
 
> cmdist seems to be getting an enormous amount of spam -- 97
> such messages were blocked yesterday; my apologies that
> two got through -- I don't know how they got my email address
> since I never use Windows.  I may change cmdist to all-moderated
> until the current blizzard of spam dies down (that is, all messages,
> even (apparently) from me, would require approval).

I've been clearing my mail blocker about ten times per day recently. It
seems the latest M$ virus is quite effective... Hmm, given M$'s recent
statement regarding faulty app code (half of all Windoze crashes are due
to bad app code) I'm having difficulty determining whether this is good
code or bad... I mean, it seems to work excellently well... ;)

Btw, I had to cancel my sub to the debian-laptop list, it's just
over-run with virus notices.

Re: your email address: Some viruses retrieve all addresses from a list
and then propagate using those addresses, whether or not you yourself
ever came into contact with the virus. Nasty stuff...

Best regards,

== dp