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



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