Update Manager in 9.04

Derek Broughton derek at pointerstop.ca
Thu Apr 30 23:24:51 UTC 2009


Robert Holtzman wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:42:21 -0500
>> Roy Smith <rasmith1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I had this same message appear in my inbox, it wasn't addressed to the
>>> mailing list but to my email address.
>>
>> Same here.. I assumed it was spam...
>>
>>>  It's been a while since I took
>>> French in the 10th grade (1975), but if I remember correctly it says
>>> something about being out of the office...
>>
>> Native here, yes, it's indeed an out of office notice, you have just
>> passed your exam ;-)
> 
> The question now becomes how did he get individual email addresses?

He didn't.  It's not every time _somebody_ posts to the groups, it's every 
time _you_ post to the group - and his autoresponder just replies to you.  
Even for me, and I post via gmane news.  I have a simple response to people 
like him, I just bounce their entire email right back to them.






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