Hi Uwe, It's not SPAM its virus.
Gruesse, Harry > Hello Pieter and all, > > > the most interesting thing is that I only receive all of your > complaints about the SPAM mails but none of the SPAM itself! > > The provider I get the list mails through does not use any filtering > (I can see it from my other mail) and my own SPAM filter doesn't fetch > anything from the list either. > > Therefore I must assume that those emails - as usual - come with > forged from-fields and are NOT sent through the list gateway at > fatcity itself! > > I regularly get SPAM and infected bodies on one of my other accounts > with my own from-address - an there I could trace it back to the > participation in an open software project, where my email address - > stupidly - was lying open on a web site. > > > So, who is getting this particular SPAM now? It might actually stem > from someone who is on the list and had personal email contact with > those of you who now get the scrap.... > > Uwe. > > > Thursday, October 14, 2004, 12:35:29 AM, you wrote: > > PH> Jan, > > >> > How many "Thanks :)" did we receive by now? > >> > 200? 500? > >> This mail is possibly NOT coming from a list member since viruses > >> scam email addresses. > > >> When mydoom etc were very vivid, some weeks ago, I got plenty of > >> mails saying "your computer is infected" but the viruses simply came > >> from infected machines having my address in it�s (MS Outlook) > PH> address file. > >> Question to Bruce (Sys-Admin of fatcity.com) could you lock out the > >> IP from whom this scrap comes. > > PH> It must be somebody who has "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > PH> in his addressbook, so may very well be one of the list. > > PH> Regards, > > PH> Pieter Hoeben > > > > -- > Author: Uwe Zimmermann > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Author: H.C. Croon INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
