I agree with you, Sherry, about other groups being affected, I've seen it on other lists including Rootsweb ones. Can't comment on Google or Yahoo groups, 'cos I don't go there much at the moment.
If the person with the hacked account is subscribed, and the list is not wholly moderated (which is unusual in the genealogy environment) there's not much to be done to prevent these spam emails from members' accounts, except for each list member to act appropriately and not click on suspicious links. But what each of us can do is have a little more control over their email accounts, if it is offered, to prevent it from being hacked... I got a warning just this morning on one of my Gmail accounts that it had been accessed from Poland, and Gmail recommended that I change my password - which I did straight away. Having learned a wise lesson from Thomas McEntee in his Facebook webinar, I didn't click on the link provided in the warning (in case the warning itself was bogus, not that I really thought it was), but closed that and went through Account Settings in the usual way. As I was doing this, I mentioned the incident to my partner, who is a software developer and early adopter of Gmail, and he told me of another step I could take to prevent hacking - Gmail offers a two-step sign-in. This means essentially that each time you log in (on a public computer, or every 30 days on a machine you trust) a code is sent to your mobile phone, which you then have to enter into the verification box on the screen to continue. I've set this up for all the Gmail accounts I use regularly now. It will be a bit of a hassle every 30 days when the current code for each account expires, but that's nothing compared to the hassle if one of the accounts is hacked. You may have noticed I said "one of my Gmail accounts" - yes, I operate more than one. I administer various local community groups and each has its own Gmail account to keep their emails separate from my personal ones (and to make the hand-over easier when someone else takes over my role). It's not that I go around pretending to be other people, LOL!! I don't know what other email services provide in the way of security, but it wouldn't hurt to go and ask your provider if you can't find anything in their Help. And if they don't provide any, consider getting yourself an account where there is such security. Kind Regards, Wendy Sherry/Support said the following on 10/11/2011 9:41 a.m.: > I see it on other lists all the time. I moderate several yahoo groups > and am always rejecting spams and in the unmoderated groups, they'll > show up in my inbox. > Google groups are the worst - I've pretty much given up on reading a > lot of those groups because they can be so laden with porn spam it's > ridiculous! The ones that are moderated are the only ones I read > these days. > I won't tell you what I'd like to do to spammers and malware writers.... > Anyway, back to Legacy...... > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Ron Bernier > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Sherry, > I just find it very strange that this problem has been so > prevalent on the Legacy list of late and I haven't seen it happen > much at all on all of the other lists that I subscribe to. I > guess the Legacy subscribers must have much less email savvy than > the users on all of the other list that I receive posts from. > > Ron Bernier > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
