ADMIN: Please vote (was: RE: OT SPAM : Become an Oracle Certified DBA in 5 Weeks)

I too got it, so I'm presuming they harvested this list. I'll take a look into the logs when I return from this business trip I'm on. I appreciate all the confirming responses. Should I find that they harvested the list, they will be removed and banned from all lists here (this is policy).

However, it's becoming apparent that more spammers find this list useful and harvest from it. I have the ability to hide the subscriber list from everyone. I don't typically do this because there are legitimate reasons to allow people to view the subscriber list. In cases of abuse, it's a common
(and effective) way to mitigate the problem. If I hide it, no one will be
able to directly harvest addresses.

I'll take a short vote. Please respond to me privately (here at this address) if you would prefer to have the subscriber list kept open to anyone, or closed to everyone. I'll close the voting on the 19th. Remember! Don't reply to the list!! :-)

Note that this doesn't affect your ability to join or leave the list; it only affects your ability to do a WHO on the list.

thanks,
bruce
ListMaster, Fat City Network Services

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