On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Ian Wadham <iandw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ben,
Hi Ian, > > On 23/02/2015, at 9:13 AM, Ben Cooksley wrote: >> Due to a series of unfortunate incidents it has become all to clear >> that unknown parties appear to be getting hold of people's Identity >> credentials. These are subsequently used by spammers to relay spam >> messages through postbox.kde.org. >> >> As a result sysadmin has now restricted authentication to people who >> have explicitly requested it. If you need to use postbox.kde.org to >> send your mail and are now being denied access, please file a sysadmin >> ticket and we'll add you to the list. > > Something weird is happening here. I have not used postbox.kde.org > before, but I clicked on the above link out of curiosity. What I got was a > page headed as follows: > > Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page > It works! > This is the default welcome page used to test the correct operation of the > Apache2 server after installation on Ubuntu systems. It is based on the > equivalent page on Debian… > > The weird thing is that I am using Firefox on Apple OS X 10.7.5 (Lion) > and I have no Apache installed nor running... This is completely normal. postbox.kde.org is actually a server hostname, much like silk.kde.org or olios.kde.org. The page you saw was delivered by our server, and therefore has nothing to do with your local system :) By default we usually configure our machine hostnames to return a short quote. I've now rectified this error. To use postbox.kde.org, you need to use a mail client, not a web browser. > >> Even if you have never used this service, this serves as a timely >> reminder to please be careful with your Identity credentials. Even >> those using Linux / FreeBSD / etc can still be compromised by >> malicious browser addons or applications running in Wine and other >> emulators. Hostile applications on your mobile device are also a >> potential vector for this. > > Cheers, Ian W. > Regards, Ben