With all due respect, I really wish Legacy support would put an end to this endless conversation. I don't know how much clearer it can be made that these messages DID NOT come from the Legacy mail server. The true s*p*a*m coming from the Legacy server is from the people who feel they need to keep this thread going (this poster included).
Ronald Bernier Woonsocket, RI Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > One thing that most people do not know of is that ANYONE can > send an email with totally fake sender addresses if they are prepared to > write a simple piece of code with an built in SMTP interface. I know because > I did it to prove that it would work. It is one of the methods that the > spammers do when sending their fake emails, plus lifting the targets from the > user’s own system. > > We really do need a system like DMARC enforcement in place > for all emails to verify that the email actually came from the alleged sender. > > Regards > > Chris > > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sherry/Support > Sent: 21 June 2016 22:47 > To: Legacy User Group > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Mail addresses compromised? > > This is the first I've heard of it - I've not received any spam beyond the > "normal" ones I get each week. > > Someone's email account may have been hijacked. One of the latest tricks is > to hijack an account and pick an email address from the address book. then > they send the email using the person's name and the stolen email address, so > they really don't match. > > > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Jodi <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder why nothing was said. It is just annoying, I had 1009 then I got > spammed with them again while I was removing them and got about 500 more, so > they are still out there. I had to do them one by one, as I had e-mail in > between them. I have now marked them spam and I have 916 in my spam folder > LOL! > > > > > On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 4:27 PM, CE WOOD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You don't use a password with for legacyusergroup. > > Great silence from Legacy regarding this breach of THEIR address, though. > > > CE > > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:36:44 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Mail addresses compromised? > > You better start changing your PW for many of your accounts. > > ___ > Leon Chapman > [email protected] > ----- > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Ros Haywood <[email protected]> wrote: > The spammer has upped his game. Now I am receiving emails from him that say > that my order has been accepted, and he gives me a link to click if I want to > cancel. > > Yeah, riiiiight. Like I'm going to click on a suspect link in an email. > > Ros in UK > > On 21/06/2016 19:19, Alex MacPhee wrote: > Over the last few days, I have been getting lots of e-mails, apparently > from legacyusergroup, all junk mail. In a period of just three minutes > today, I have received 945! They clearly have nothing to do with Legacy > or legacy groups. Has anyone else been experiencing this or similar? The > address is one I only use for reputable mailing lists like this, so I > wonder if there has been some kind of compromising going on, and felt it > might be worth mentioning here. > > > Kind regards, > Alex > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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