someone wrote:

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A. It's unsolicited spam. Not a big deal. B. The way they gathered the list of addresses is questionable, and likely off Jim's HD.

Its pretty straightforward for interested perties to get a list of everyone on a mojordomo mailinglist even if the who command is disabled as long as we have our old friend sendmail and his trusty sidekick expn. nc toad.com 25 220 toad.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.7.5/8.7.3; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 12:59:12 -0700 (PDT) expn cypherpunks 250-<"|/u/majordom/bin/wrapper resend -p bulk -l cypherpunks -f owner-cypherpunks-unedited -h toad.com -s cypherpunks-unedited-outgoing"@toad.com> 250 </gnu/mail/cypherpunks-in@toad.com> expn cypherpunks-unedited-outgoing 250-<jxx@pipeline.com> 250-<sxxxxx@slecrs2.sbc.com> 250-<sxxxxx0@laf.cioe.com> 250-<wmxxx@direct.ca> 250-<toxx@sk.sympatico.ca> 250-<zacxx@netcom.com> 250-<waxx@mls1.HAC.COM> 250-<dm+cypherpunks-unedited@amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu> 250-<paxxx@fatmans.demon.co.uk> ------ more addresses cut ---------- I have xed out the names but you get the picture. no need to go through the effort of watching a list for posts or searching through someone's old mail. If you have any complaints email: expn owner-cypherpunks-unedited 250 Cypherpunks Admin <cpadmin@toad.com>