[ale] Is this list being mined?

Mon Jul 22 08:06:31 EDT 2002

Earlier this morning I received a piece of spam (a taste is copied below)
and this is the _only_ Linux-based list I am on.
So I ask the question: 
Did anyone else get this piece piece of spam?
Has someone mined the ALE address list?
Is there any way to know?
If so, is there any way to make this data harder to swipe?

I ask out of near total ignorance; all I know about maintaining
mailing lists would fit in a thimble with plenty of room left
over for my finger.

Sean

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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 0102 11:27:38 -0500
From: <Steve at linux.org>
To: ale at ale.org
To: AOL Users
Reply to: <Steve at linux.org>

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<div class="Section1"><span>Dear Friend,</span> 
<p><span>If you'd like to sell products like crazy from home using your PC
-- without spending your life's savings -- this email may be the single most

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