Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:13:08 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: [ADMINISTRIVIA] Please don't use 'cygwin at cygwin dot com' as an email address
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The spam trap has caught a few attempts from people who are attempting
to use 'cygwin at cygwin dot com' (i.e., the actual email address) as
their "From: " email address.  Please don't do that.  It won't work.
This From: address has been used to send spam so its use as a From:
address has been blocked.

Judging by the fact that people try repeatedly to send email with this
 From: address, it seems like they are either not getting the bounces
that sourceware is sending or they are being ignored.  So, I'm sending
this general note to alert people - just don't do that.

Again, I'm talking about using the real address here, not the mildly
obfuscated one that I've used above.

cgf

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