Likely, you're correct with both scenarios. I rarely get spam, but have gotten a few pieces?won a few lotteries etc., since the first auto reply from our Glen. Which begs the question, why would Glen who does business with UL have the list mail member addresses? Possibly a lurker, it would be interesting to know if he actually is subscribed...jf
> On Apr 4, 2006, at 12:58 PM, B. Eric Bradley wrote: > >> I'm seeing one of two scenarios here - >> >> One: Glenn is subscribed to the listserv at that email address, >> and his email account is sending out an autoresponder to anyone >> who sends an email to the list (and hence to his mailbox), with it >> programmed to respond to only the first email it receives from a >> given address (easy to do in Windows Outlook). So, if you post to >> the list before he gets back, you get an autoresponse. That being >> the case, I should get one shortly. >> >> Two: Somebody is getting these emails on (most likely) a Windows >> box, and has a virus problem. In that case, the infected machine >> is gathering up email addresses as they arrive and spitting spam >> to Glenn's box with listserv members' addresses spoofed as the >> sender. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2102 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060404/4e7f1b35/attachment.bin
