I don't see what the big deal is anyway. I would never click a link unless I thought it was trustworthy. Not even from users here on the list. That's good practice, period.
In the end, mailing lists are magnets for spammers. You could require that the first so many messages go through a moderator, but you'll still have hacked accounts and that as they say, is that. In the end, it is your own responsibility to take care of yourself and use good judgement in the matter. On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 2:54 PM, J.M. "Jay" Ingalls < [email protected]> wrote: > In some cases, the address appears to be taken over by the > hacker/spammer, and any e-mail is intercepted and answered by the > hacker/spammer. When that happens, the "owner" of the e-mail address must > be contacted by phone or other method and asked to contact their ISP and > change their password. > > Jay Ingalls > ========================= > > > On 4/19/2014 1:18 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: > > No need for anger on the list :-). Legacy moderators are extremely > responsive and do everything they can to help.  In this day we should all > be savvy enough to simply delete unwanted spam. That subscriber probably > doesn't access his email a lot and doesn't even know what's going on. > Perhaps a gentle, kind email to him explaining the need to change his > password would be helpful?  It's not his fault after all and he needs the > opportunity to fix it.  Annoyance might be appropriate if it were > intentional but it appears to be a hack > > Thanks to Brian for being on top of these hacks and immediately alerting > the list :-). > > Kathy > > On Saturday, April 19, 2014, Ron Bernier <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Legacy support- why hasn't this email been unsubscribed.  How many of >> these s*p*a*m messages do we have to receive followed by support's warning >> that the individual's account had been hacked.  It is the same person over >> and over again.  You do have the ability to unsubscribe this person. >> >> On Friday, April 18, 2014, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi!     >>> >>> [email protected]     >>>    >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Ce courrier électronique ne contient aucun virus ou logiciel >>> malveillant parce que la protection Antivirus avast! est active. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Ron Bernier, >> Woonsocket, RI >> >> >> 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 >> > > > 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 > > > > > 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 > 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
