[AusNOG] Spamming list posters

[Andrew McN]

The mailing list archives are publicly available. e.g. your message is
at http://lists.ausnog.net/pipermail/ausnog/2015-December/033915.html ,
with limited, and presumably ineffective obfuscation of email addresses.

That means that email addresses can be relatively easily harvested
without subscription, so the list charter is irrelevant.  An Australian
sender would still be regulated by the Spam Act 2003, but not so for an
offshore spammer.

Perhaps the web archives should be restricted to logged in users?

Regards,
Andrew McNaughton

On 11/12/15 10:17, David Hughes wrote:
> Morning all,
> 
> It has come to our attention that some members of the list are
> continuing the unwanted practice of spamming people who post to the
> list.  If someone posts to the list about an issue it does not give
> another list member the right to spam them offering their commercial
> services.   The list charter specifically states :
> 
> "This is NOT a forum for journalists to pick up leads, sales people to
> sell things, end-users to pester their ISP, or bush lawyers to posit
> their beliefs. Such behaviour will not be tolerated (see "Moderation"
> below)."
> 
> If you are not familiar with the charter please see the link below.  If
> we continue to receive complaints of this nature we will take further
> action against the individuals concerned.
> 
> http://www.ausnog.net/mailing_list/charter
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David - on behalf of the moderators
> ...
> 
> 
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