Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-08-14 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Sat, 2017-06-10 at 09:40 +0100, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Yes; I got one too. > I have been subscribed for a long time, and this is the first message of that > kind, so I consider it spam/phishing. > > Marcus I have acted on the message after analyzing it, it wasn't spam by replying to it I

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-08-13 Thread andy pugh
On 10 June 2017 at 09:40, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Yes; I got one too. > I have been subscribed for a long time, and this is the first message of that > kind, so I consider it spam/phishing. But then, you haven't been heard of since. Are you still getting the

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-07-05 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Fri, 2017-06-30 at 10:11 +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 10.06.17 09:15, Peter Blodow wrote: > > Hello Gentlemen, > > I just got a message, seemingly from sourceforge (sourceforge at > > slashdotmedia.com), litterally mentioning emc-users as my mailing list, with > > the urgent wish to

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-30 Thread Mark
On 06/30/2017 05:25 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: On 30.06.17 09:54, andy pugh wrote: On 30 June 2017 at 01:11, Erik Christiansen wrote: Have just received a second reminder to resubscribe to _our_ list, by June 30. Taking the plunge, and following the link, I found

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-30 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Fri, 2017-06-30 at 19:25 +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 30.06.17 09:54, andy pugh wrote: > > On 30 June 2017 at 01:11, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > > > Have just received a second reminder to resubscribe to _our_ list, by > > > June 30. Taking the plunge, and

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-30 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 30.06.17 09:54, andy pugh wrote: > On 30 June 2017 at 01:11, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > Have just received a second reminder to resubscribe to _our_ list, by > > June 30. Taking the plunge, and following the link, I found that it was > > not possible to proceed if

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-30 Thread andy pugh
On 30 June 2017 at 01:11, Erik Christiansen wrote: > Have just received a second reminder to resubscribe to _our_ list, by > June 30. Taking the plunge, and following the link, I found that it was > not possible to proceed if I deselected acceptance of spam from >

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-29 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 10.06.17 09:15, Peter Blodow wrote: > Hello Gentlemen, > I just got a message, seemingly from sourceforge (sourceforge at > slashdotmedia.com), litterally mentioning emc-users as my mailing list, with > the urgent wish to confirm my subscription with sourceforge, otherwise it > would be

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread theman whosoldtheworld
not really understand these type of problem ... Now since 2004 we are all labeled with some system soon as we go over the net ... now the thing is much more commercial than then this is true ... but the fact is known so the problem is As we want our things to become public and how much

[Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Mark Johnsen
It looks like they changed their terms and want everyone to re-up on the new terms. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Dave Cole
Hi Guys, I just got a request to renew my subscription to a totally unrelated software project on Source Forge. It was legit.I did not have to log in or anything like that.I clicked the link and it went to Source Forge and I clicked another thing saying continue subscription

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Kirk Wallace
I have been getting similar notices from "Network Solutions" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_false_front_architecture Subject: Important Message from Network Solutions Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 17:19:21 + From: supp...@networksolutions.com

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 10.06.17 12:26, Cristian Bontas wrote: > Got one too. > But if fake, I don't really get its purpose. > The link seems legit, and the sourceforge.net certificates are valid. There > doesn't seem to be any URL trick, either. > So how would a third party benefit from my subscription

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 10.06.17 09:40, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Yes; I got one too. > I have been subscribed for a long time, and this is the first message > of that kind, so I consider it spam/phishing. Marcus, you're right - real mailing lists do not threaten exile by ... date. But beyond theorising, if we just do:

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Cristian Bontas
Got one too. But if fake, I don't really get its purpose. The link seems legit, and the sourceforge.net certificates are valid. There doesn't seem to be any URL trick, either. So how would a third party benefit from my subscription reconfirmation? Any ideas? Cristian Bontas On 10.06.2017

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 June 2017 at 09:40, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Yes; I got one too. > I have been subscribed for a long time, and this is the first message of > that kind, so I consider it spam/phishing. > They already have your email address, that's how they will send

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Marcus Bowman
Yes; I got one too. I have been subscribed for a long time, and this is the first message of that kind, so I consider it spam/phishing. Marcus On 10 Jun 2017, at 09:00, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 10.06.17 09:15, Peter Blodow wrote: >> Hello Gentlemen, >> I just got a message, seemingly from

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 10.06.17 09:15, Peter Blodow wrote: > Hello Gentlemen, > I just got a message, seemingly from sourceforge (sourceforge at > slashdotmedia.com), litterally mentioning emc-users as my mailing list, with > the urgent wish to confirm my subscription with sourceforge, otherwise it > would be

Re: [Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Peter, I received that message as well, mentioning two mailing lists that I'm subscribed to. From what I can tell, it is valid, since this mailing list (and the other one) is hosted at sourceforge. See also the signature appearing at the end of any message. Should be safe, I think. Bye,

[Emc-users] A phoney from Sourceforge?

2017-06-10 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello Gentlemen, I just got a message, seemingly from sourceforge (sourceforge at slashdotmedia.com), litterally mentioning emc-users as my mailing list, with the urgent wish to confirm my subscription with sourceforge, otherwise it would be cancelled by June 29th. The link given looks