This is not quite a spam, but H-Net has been bombarded in the last few
weeks by a rah of odd looking addresses like the one below.     Jeff
 
> Sat, 15 Jul 1995 05:21:38
>
> A request for  subscription to the H-EDITOR list  (Moderating Skills) has
> been received from The Firebug <[log in to unmask]>.