On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:38:01 -0400, Russ Hunt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >We're running 1.8e. It looks to me as though anybody going to > >http://listserv.unb.ca/archives/stlhe-l.html > >could just harvest the email addresses. Yes they could with 1.8e and previous versions. > What's 14.3? The newest, recent release version of LISTSERV. It was announced on LSTSRV-L <http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0412&L=lstsrv-l&T=0&F=&S=&P=891> and on L-Soft's Website: http://www.lsoft.com/products/listserv_143.asp >If my email address were harvested from a >list archive, how would I know that You would receive more new and interesting spam at that email address. Of course if you have always had the same address for a long time, then you may not notice this increase among all the spam you already get. But it does happen. >and why would the list be affected? The list itself probably would not. But the email addresses of many list members harvested would also receive more new and interesting spam.