# Microsoft Scraping Email Addresses From PHP Internals List?

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/10671
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/10671
- Started by sumoraigabe-php@yahoo.com on 2004-06-21T06:00:08+00:00
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## #10671 — sumoraigabe-php@yahoo.com — 2004-06-21T06:00:08+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/10671#10671

I know it's off topic, and I appologize, but I lurk on
this mailing list using a disposable address to avoid
spam, and now I'm receiving it as a result of being on
the list (or posting to it). I have now received three
separate Microsoft
emails (security updates and such) at this address,
which is only used for sending and receiving mail from
the list. Pretty annoying for someone who doesn't use
their products. Thankfully I can just whip up a new
address and resubscribe, but I figured I'd let you
folks know in case you're receiving the same crap.

- Gabriel

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## #10673 — Aidan Lister — 2004-06-21T06:53:52+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/10671#10673 · In reply to: #10671

Obviously they're not actually from Microsoft - it's more than likely a
spammer has picked your email up from one of the webarchives.

The "security updates" from "Microsoft" are always a Trojan / virus etc.


<sumoraigabe-php@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:20040621060008.49284.qmail@web50209.mail.yahoo.com...
>
> I know it's off topic, and I appologize, but I lurk on
> this mailing list using a disposable address to avoid
> spam, and now I'm receiving it as a result of being on
> the list (or posting to it). I have now received three
> separate Microsoft
> emails (security updates and such) at this address,
> which is only used for sending and receiving mail from
> the list. Pretty annoying for someone who doesn't use
> their products. Thankfully I can just whip up a new
> address and resubscribe, but I figured I'd let you
> folks know in case you're receiving the same crap.
>
> - Gabriel
>
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