[Python-Dev] Re: Hello (original) (raw)

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl
Fri May 28 18:15:48 EDT 2004

On 27 May 2004, at 17:21, Brian Quinlan wrote:

Barry Warsaw wrote:

Crap. We're probably seeing the leading edge of a spam technique we've long suspected could happen. I'll be signing my posts from now on.... Actually, someone impersonating you has been sending stuff to my personal address for a couple of weeks now. I'm actually interested in the technique: do they harvest all the names on the list and then randomly forge e-mails from one user to another?

I'm surprised: I've been getting personal spam "from" almost all frequent python-dev posters for ages (at least half a year). I assumed that everyone was getting this, but apparently up until now that didn't happen?!?

I got myself a cacert.org certificate (plug: support the grassroots X509 movement, don't use a thawte/verisign certificate but a cacert certificate), but this mail isn't signed yet because for some reason things that worked on my work machine don't work here at home:-)

Jack Jansen, <Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma Goldman

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