[Elecraft] Spam alert

[Jibeji]

Yep.
If you search my address on Google, the only pages shown are the archives of
this reflector. :(
However, I have subscribed for 7 other lists...
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Julian (G4ILO) wrote:
> Today, I received an item of spam addressed to
> "julian@tech-pro.freeserve.co.uk". This is the first time it has ever
> happened, as I don't normally use this address, so I was very
> surprised. I have my own domain, and all mail, including mail to my
> qsl.net address, is forwarded to that. I did a Google search to see
> where the spammer had found this address, and found it here:
> www.ac6rm.net/mailarchive/html/elecraft-list/ 1999-09/msg00195.html ,
> and many similar places. I recall that I subscribed to the Elecraft
> list using this address several years ago, before I got an address at
> qsl.net.
>
> As someone who likes to read this reflector offline, I wanted to
> applaud the work of AC6RM in setting up the new reflector archive. It
> is a marvellous facility. But I am afraid that if, as it seems, it
> results in email addresses appearing in clear text in places where
> search engines and other robots can find them, we are all going to
> receive a lot of spam because of this. Spam is a major headache for
> me with my other addresses. There is no known method that is 100%
> effective at eliminating it. So far, my qsl.net address has been
> mercifully free of it. I'm now afraid that this is no longer going to
> be the case, since I can find my qsl.net address in the archives
> using a Google search too. I'll bet that *your* address is there too.
> It's probably too late now (I'm still getting spam to an address I
> last used 4 years ago, that appeared briefly on one website), but can
> something be done about it?
>
> 73,