At 10:41 12/7/2006 Thursday, Kevin Parris wrote:

>And I have a somewhat related question for the group.  We have one
>particular list that has *always* been configured with Confidential= Yes
>in the header (I'm the site admin, and this one has required close
>attention from the start), but is receiving a dozen or so incoming spam
>messages a day.  The mystery for me is how did this list address come to
>appear in spammer databases, and I will appreciate the collective wisdom
>here on that question.

My guess: a subscriber's address book was stolen by some virus and then placed in the db; alternatively, have you checked any well-known search  engines e.g., Ask.com or GOOGLE to see if your list address appears anywhere in the WWW ?

/P