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

Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:
> Yes, the emails come from admin@139.com, but they're on
> behalf of the 13657...@139.com subscriber (so `admin@` is
> akin to `postmaster@`).

I just had another attempt at working out how the spam
from admin@139.com is being sent to each person who posts.
As a manager of vim_use I have exported the current subscriber
list which shows
email address, nickname, time joined, delivery method

The only entry matching the pattern \<139\> shows an email
address of the form (the "j.smith" is made up):
j.smith.139 -at- gmail.com

Three other entries match pattern "139":
1. <long user name, mostly digits> -at- n5.nabble.com
2. <user name of digits> -at- qq.com
3. A gmail.com user with "139" in nickname.

No entries match pattern "1365" (my mail has a couple of
"mailto" links with target 13657854020 -at- 139.com).

Google translate shows this for a spam message:
When you send mail, the mailbox has not been activated.
We have to send the SMS notification Ta activation
mailbox, check your e-mail.

As of when you receive this message, you activate and
read the letter sent to the following email as follows:
...

Perhaps it is a subscriber using a system that forwards mail
to a 139.com address, or a broken attempt to mirror the vim_use
mailing list inside China, or some scam.

If anyone has some ideas for how to remove this irritation,
or any further checking I might do, please post here or
direct to me.

John

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