[I18n-sig] Re: Spam report (mail.python.org): 23 new messages

[Guido van Rossum]

> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 06:30:01AM -0500, postmaster@python.org wrote:
> >  2) "Please confirm your request to join locales"
> >     from Yahoo! Groups <confirm-s2-_8BHJWCUmD1ZB6R3Gry4c9VhPEU-i18n-sig=python.org@yahoogroups.com>
> >     (envelope sender <confirm-return-i18n-sig=python.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com>)
> >     for i18n-sig@python.org
> >     received 2002-11-11 17:58:46
> 
> There are three requests to confirm a Yahoo Groups membership to the
> locales@yahoogroups.com mailinglist in our spam queue, all a few minutes
> apart.
> 
> Were these requests legitimate? Although the goal of the locales mailinglist
> seems to fit with the i18n-sig group, I am wondering wether or not it was
> really the goal to subscribe the whole sig to that list.
> 
> Can someone confirm? I'll rescue one of the confirmation requests then.

No!  This is an annoying spam.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)