David Gerard wrote in gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.misc:
Brion Vibber (brion(a)pobox.com) [050518
08:01]:
> Due to a very high volume of spam hitting this
list in the last couple
> days (several hundred), I've changed the list configuration to
> automatically discard posts from addresses not subscribed to the list
> instead of holding them in the moderation queue.
Yeah, WTF is happening? wikien-l is getting a new spam
literally every
minute or two. Is there a new spammer in town with our address?
i believe there's a new virus around which exists only to spam some kind of
right-wing propaganda (in German), which may account for some of it.
- d.
kate.