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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2003 01:10:48 +0100
From:	Elfyn McBratney <elfyn AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Is the list hosed?
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Bill McCormick <wpmccormick AT covad DOT net> wrote:
> >
> > I don't kwow what's up. sources.redhat.com has seen a lot of
> > virus-like spam
> > today. Perhaps this is because you replied to spam on the list
> > (which BTW you
> > really shouldn't do) ?
> 
> How would a reply from little ol' me cause that?
> 
> Well, it was late and I was goofy.
> 
> Actually I didn't reply to what someone had pointed out is the virus. I did
> however reply to some spammers.

Which is what I meant by "spam on the list".

> BTW, it appears that everytime I send to the list, I get a bunch of junk
> from ball labs ... something about netlib. I'll see if it happens again
> right now.

If it does happen again, it wouldn't hurt to send along the headers in a reply,
as cgf might be able to block them (if they are subscribers to the list). 

-- Elfyn

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