Oh...I know how this happens. K4TMC is a good guy...I'm sure someone cracked his e-mail account.
On 3/19/2011 5:28 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > If you analyze the header from one of the e-mails, you may discover that it > didn't really come from your e-mail account or your machine. > > It's common for malware to infect a computer and read the 'address book' in > that machine. If the user of that machine had ever received or downloaded an > e-mail from you, your address is in the list. The malware grabs an address > at random as the "sender". In this case it was your e-mail address. > > It's happened to me once in the past 15 years, but once was enough. Still, > there's no sure solution. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > Gary and all Elecraft users, > > I apologize for any spam that has been generated from my email account. > > I have taken measures to hopefully preclude this from happening again. > Somehow, after over 10 years with the current account, my email account was > compromised. Not sure how it happened, but I started getting hundreds of > failed email notes in my spam filter. Since no one notified me of the > issue, I was not aware of it until yesterday afternoon. > > 73, > Henry Pollock - K4TMC > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary K9GS<garyk...@wi.rr.com> > To: 'Elecraft'<elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Sat, Mar 19, 2011 5:28 pm > Subject: [Elecraft] elecraf/K4TMC?? > > > I'm sure by now everyone has seen the "elecraf" spam that got posted to > > the reflector. I've got a filter set up in my e-mail client to filter > > out k4...@aol.com Even after all of this, every time I connect to my > > server to retrieve mail another copy shows up in my spam filter. I'm up > > to 50+ today alone. > > > > Is anyone else seeing this? > > > > Do I need to do anything else to get rid of this or do I possibly have > > some malware lurking on my computer? And no, I didn't click on the link > > in the spam e-mail. > > > > Spammers should be hung by their genitals and slowly skinned with a > > rusty pocket knife. > > > > > -- 73, Gary K9GS Check out K9NS on the web: http://www.k9ns.com Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com ************************************************ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
