On Fri, 2017-06-30 at 10:11 +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 10.06.17 09:15, Peter Blodow wrote: > > Hello Gentlemen, > > I just got a message, seemingly from sourceforge (sourceforge at > > slashdotmedia.com), litterally mentioning emc-users as my mailing list, with > > the urgent wish to confirm my subscription with sourceforge, otherwise it > > would be cancelled by June 29th. The link given looks somehow fishy > > (starting with sourceforge.net, followed by lots of numbers and special > > characters) and contains my email address at the end. > > > > I can't remember having a subscription with sourceforge, or do I need one in > > order to participate in this list? I'd rather strongly suppose this is some > > sort of spoof to make me contact that link, maybe to confirm the existence > > of my email address or make me pick up a virus. Has anybody else received > > such a message? > > Have just received a second reminder to resubscribe to _our_ list, by > June 30. Taking the plunge, and following the link, I found that it was > not possible to proceed if I deselected acceptance of spam from > sourceforge. Then it wanted me to click on squares on some stupid > graphic. That was far too much bullshit, so we'll see if they cut me > off. If so, it is possible that I'll have a look at resubscribing. > > It is, however, depressing when a bunch of wankers think they own an > internet community. > > Erik
I don't understand what is the problem, I have resubscribed, and no spam at all ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
