Tamblyne -
I belong to dozens of mailing lists and scammers/spammers post nasty
links to those daily. You'd think pretty much everyone knows not to
click on them -- they're pretty obvious and no effort is made to mask
them at all. The list Gurus post regularly about the hazards. And yet,
weekly, someone posts complaining that the list admins should do
something about those Bad Guys, because they clicked on the link and
their computer was infected as a result.
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I, too, belong to a lot of lists, some of which aren't very active and
some (like this one) that I can't possibly keep up with.
I just happened to read this message.
I've seen spammers (I'm thinking of some "individuals" who managed to be
approved for one particular list who regularly posted "come up and see
me sometime" kinds of messages. I finally contacted the listowner and he
dumped them.
What I and others on a different list have objected to are genuine
members who post website addresses with NO summary, nothing except a
subject like "Interesting article" or "You've got to see this!" How
informative! Several of us have said, in various ways, that we'd like to
know more, to see if it's something we even want to take the time to
look at. (I do mail off-line, so I have to save the message until the
next time I'm on-line to go look for it. IF I remember. Lots of sites
are slow to come up; I'm on dial-up) I believe this person's referrals
are legitimate, but what if his address is hacked and malware sites
sent? Without a summary, we won't have a clue.
The various useless subject headings present another problem. I remember
saving something about _____. How am I going to find it when the subject
is non-descriptive?
Oh, and the people who ask if this is spam or scam, then repeat the
entire website address.
Carolyn Stoffel
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