So, the BALUG-Admin@lists.balug.org list, looks like sometime between 2024-08-01 and 2025-05-01, likely some bot or the like subscribed lots of email addresses to the BALUG-Admin@lists.balug.org list:
YYYY-MM-DD announce talk admin 2025-05-01 566 433 146 2024-08-01 497 232 32
So, I'll be looking over those additions, and WILL PURGE most of those additions (those that seem likely to be bot subscriptions/additions). I may inadvertently remove some that are legitimate subscriptions. I'll update once I've completed that purge. So, if you receive this email, but not that one, you may have been unsubscribed. One can also check the archives (list is publicly archived) to see if/when that subsequent posting has been sent, this list is currently archived at: https://lists.balug.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/balug-admin@lists.balug.org... I'll also send additional information at that time (notably including how to check if one is still subscribed, etc.). I will not be emailing out list of the specific email addresses removed. I expect I'll have this completed within 24 hours.
After this purge on the BALUG-Admin list, I'll likely proceed similarly for the BALUG-Talk and BALUG-Announce lists, as looks like those probably also experienced similar large bumps in subscriptions via (presumed) bot(s). I may also do likewise for BALUG-Test list, though that list is not of as much concern.
On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM Michael Paoli via BALUG-Admin balug-admin@lists.balug.org wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Paoli Michael.Paoli@berkeley.edu To: BALUG-Admin balug-admin@lists.balug.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:01:01 +0000 Subject: [BALUG-Admin] BALUG: Lists, stats, etc. dates, lists, number of members: YYYY-MM-DD announce talk admin 2025-07-01 559 466 148 2025-06-01 556 447 146 2025-05-01 566 433 146 2024-08-01 497 232 32 2024-07-01 497 232 32 2024-06-01 498 231 33 2024-05-01 499 231 33 2024-04-01 500 230 33 2024-03-01 498 230 33 2024-02-01 499 229 33 2024-01-01 497 227 31 2023-12-01 497 227 32 2023-11-01 496 249 32 2023-10-01 496 248 32 2023-09-01 497 248 32 2023-08-01 498 248 32