[sf-lug] Fwd: Your confirmation is required to leave the test mailing list

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Bobbie Sellers (bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com):

> Rick
> 	Excuse me for possibly addressing this improperly but I took no
> action in regard to the test mailing list and have a large number of
> similar posts repeating the same matter.
> 
> 	Bobbie Sellers

It's all spam, Bobbie.

(I note that you are _not_ a member of the "test" mailing list, and I'm 
pretty sure you have never been one.  It exists for technical reasons,
as a place to send test postings.  Thus the name.)

Some bot is mass-generating e-mail or CGI Web submissions (or both)
sending unsubscribe requests to Mailman, citing e-mail addresses that
presumably got Web-scraped out of the mailing list archives for mailing
lists.

It's malicious in intention, but harmless unless someone who _is_
subscribed to cited mailing list is inattentive and thus agrees to the
unsubscription without really wishing to leave the list.

It may be that the bot author is hoping to hit mailing lists configured
to process unsubscribe requests without seeking confirmation.
linuxmafia.com's Mailman instance always requires confirmation, before 
acting on such a request.


> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Your confirmation is required to leave the test mailing list
> Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 11:10:01 -0700
> From: test-confirm+b693ca87c089d86c427926214c06d19d09b41490 at linuxmafia.com
> Reply-To:
> test-confirm+b693ca87c089d86c427926214c06d19d09b41490 at linuxmafia.com
> To: bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com
> 
> Mailing list removal confirmation notice for mailing list test
> 
> We have received a request for the removal of your email address,
> "bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com" from the test at linuxmafia.com mailing
> list.  To confirm that you want to be removed from this mailing list,
> simply reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact.  Or
> visit this web page:
> 
> 
> http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/confirm/test/b693ca87c089d86c427926214c06d19d09b41490
> 
> 
> Or include the following line -- and only the following line -- in a
> message to test-request at linuxmafia.com:
> 
>     confirm b693ca87c089d86c427926214c06d19d09b41490
> 
> Note that simply sending a `reply' to this message should work from
> most mail readers, since that usually leaves the Subject: line in the
> right form (additional "Re:" text in the Subject: is okay).
> 
> If you do not wish to be removed from this list, please simply
> disregard this message.  If you think you are being maliciously
> removed from the list, or have any other questions, send them to
> test-owner at linuxmafia.com.