Yep, I managed to do the same thing. Sorry. The interface in LinkedIn managed to disguise this quite effectively. I did not realize anything until I started to get a lot of accepts ;-)
/A On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:49 AM, Jean-Sébastien Guay <jean_...@videotron.ca> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I think this comes from the fact that LinkedIn can send invites to people in > your address book, and users are using this with the osg-users list in their > address book. > > There's probably a way to block these, but user education might be good > enough in the short term. I don't think anyone can "accept" an invitation on > behalf of the whole osg-users mailing list anyways. > > J-S > > > > On 02/02/2012 3:44 AM, Robert Osfield wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> Getting invites from LinkedIn is NOT an acceptable use of the osg >> mailing lists/forum. >> >> If it's an automated thing then we need to squish it somehow. >> >> Robert. >> >> >> >> On 2 February 2012 03:33, Ariadie Chandra via LinkedIn >> <mem...@linkedin.com <mailto:mem...@linkedin.com>> wrote: >> >> >> LinkedIn >> >> Ariadie Chandra requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: >> >> mingyue, >> >> I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. >> >> - Ariadie >> >> Accept >> >> <http://www.linkedin.com/e/-qywqtf-gy58ds1r-2o/ki9l5dc0WBU2jCm_-ENl0WSMUV6C2kw9fBND0WJWSkAnjfMIiTR/blk/I179148135_125/6lColZJrmZznQNdhjRQnOpBtn9QfmhBt71BoSd1p65Lr6lOfPkOclYRcP4Ud34VdP59bRBHsjlxiCdAbPAVe3kRdPARdPkLrCBxbOYWrSlI/EML_comm_afe/?hs=false&tok=2OAXrzjyllN541> >> >> >> View invitation from Ariadie Chandra >> >> <http://www.linkedin.com/e/-qywqtf-gy58ds1r-2o/ki9l5dc0WBU2jCm_-ENl0WSMUV6C2kw9fBND0WJWSkAnjfMIiTR/blk/I179148135_125/dj8NnPkPcjwQcjATckALqnpPbOYWrSlI/S2_svi/?hs=false&tok=2gRoC4rPZlN541> >> >> >> >> >> *WHY MIGHT CONNECTING WITH ARIADIE CHANDRA BE A GOOD IDEA?* >> >> *Ariadie Chandra's connections could be useful to you* >> >> >> After accepting Ariadie Chandra's invitation, check Ariadie >> Chandra's connections to see who else you may know and who you might >> want an introduction to. Building these connections can create >> opportunities in the future. >> >> © 2012, LinkedIn Corporation >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> osg-users mailing list >> osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >> <mailto:osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org> >> >> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> osg-users mailing list >> osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > > > > -- > ______________________________________________________ > Jean-Sebastien Guay jean_...@videotron.ca > http://whitestar02.dyndns-web.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org -- __________________________________________ Anders Backman, HPC2N 90187 Umeå University, Sweden and...@cs.umu.se http://www.hpc2n.umu.se Cell: +46-70-392 64 67 _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
