Its been going around Patrick. There's quite a large botnet that was just taken down, and others are rushing to fill the space. My websites have been scanned almost constantly since they went live. One thing you can do is move the subscriptions to a confirm and approve system. More work for you, but it does keep the little weiners out. Dan ------Original Message------ From: Patrick Wiggins Sender: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com To: Utah-astronomy Astronomy ReplyTo: Utah-astronomy Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Hacking attempts? Sent: Mar 5, 2010 2:42 PM Hi all, There have been two attempts in the last hour by someone(s) with made up names and invalid email addresses to subscribe to the list. Plus a couple of similar instances earlier this week. I'm not sure what's up but my paranoia says some neerdowell is at work. At any rate, all such subscription requests have been rejected with a message saying one can not subscribe to Utah-Astronomy without supplying a valid email address. Still, should any of y'all happen to see anything making it to the list that should not have please email or ring me (435.882.1209) at once so the offender can be dealt with. Many thanks, patrick (the paranoid) _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com Sent from my BlackBerry. Please excuse any mispelings or typos.