I'm seeing this Saudi post as well, so it's not just Colin. Since he's on Gmail like I am, I guess it's some kind of Gmail spam?? GMail is usually excellent at filtering out garbage...
On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected] > wrote: > It is trivially easy to forge the visible ‘From’ address on any email; > this is, after all, why I apparently send myself spam all the time 8-) > Email addresses are harvestable from all sorts of places (or heck even just > synthesized. Back when we had a more hands-on approach to managing spam > here we would routinely see long lists of names with ‘@ > pharmacy.arizona.edu’ attached, regardless of whether or not the accounts > referenced actually existed. ) > > If you have enabled junk filters in your mail client (and/or use any of > the online email services, who also tend to have effective spam filtering) > the next most effective anti-spam strategery is: the delete key. delete it > and move on. I vaguely remember seeing something like this email, to be > honest I didn’t even really pay attention to what folder it landed in > (which would be related to the list address per my account rules), just > went “Well this is dumb” and hit the delete key. > > More traffic is usually generated on mailing lists complaining about > errant spam than the actual spam itself, often by several orders of > magnitude. > > > On May 16, 2018, at 5:49 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I visited the iMac list page ( which Google calls a group ) > > I do not see anything on there about a Saudi . > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
