Re: Email backscatter problem [was: Re: Is Vundle dead?]

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Benjamin R. Haskell <vim@benizi.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>
>> On 11/25/2012 06:50 PM, Marco wrote:
>>
>>> 2012-11-25 Phil Dobbin:
>>>
>>>> As an aside, this topic is starting to generate spam originating from
>>>> China.
>>>>
>>>> It's not addressed to the list but delivered directly to my inbox (it
>>>> has the subject line of this post).
>>>
>>>
>>> It's unrelated to this thread. Since several weeks, I have the same
>>> issues every time I send a mail to the vim list.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's the first one I've received. I always check my bitbucket before
>> deleting & there has been no sign of anything before.
>
>
> I've been getting these for months. It's one of those "inbox protection"
> schemes, where the sender is forced to click a link to let the message pass
> through. It appears to be a mobile phone mailbox, so probably it was
> errantly subscribed in the first place. Can an admin take a look?
>
> Email is of the form:
>
> 13657...@139.com
>
> Where the local part (13657...) is a phone number. (A mobile prepaid card,
> according to Googling it.)
>

I have been getting email from a admin@139.com with a lot of Chinese
characters on both sides of admin. It is going straight into spam now
and has been after the second time I got it.

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