Spam attacks

2008-10-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Yesterday evening saw a huge rush of spam attacks against my web and email servers, and for some reason, they are targetting our mailing list here. For the time being, and I hope this is temporary, any new subscriptions to the mailing list will have be approved by myself. In the past, all it

RE: [Texascavers] Spam attacks

2008-10-15 Thread Linda Palit
What a pain. Thanks for taking care of this, and I hope you can change it back to automatic soon. Linda -Original Message- From: Charles Goldsmith [mailto:wo...@justfamily.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:45 AM To: TexasCavers Subject: [Texascavers] Spam attacks Yesterday

Re: [Texascavers] Spam attacks

2008-10-15 Thread Bill Bentley-Webmail
I am getting 3 to 5 SPAM every minute on my web site... www.caver.net But I get that every day Bill Quoting Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org: Yesterday evening saw a huge rush of spam attacks against my web and email servers, and for some reason, they are targetting our mailing list

Texascavers email and spam

2008-10-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
I'm sorry to bother everyone with multiple of these types of messages, but I'm digging through a problem and hopefully will prevent any spam from hitting our Texascavers mailing list. Everyone that I'm contacting with this message uses an email provider that has contacted me about a spam abuse

[Texascavers] TCR - a personal review

2008-10-15 Thread David
I would like to personally thank caver Dave McClung for making this one of the best TCR's ( for me ) that I have been to. Dave was passing thru Houston on business. He took the time out to call me, and prod me into going to TCR. Prior to Dave's call, I was procrastinating as usual, but was

Re: [Texascavers] TCR - a personal review

2008-10-15 Thread Diana Tomchick
On Oct 15, 2008, at 1:02 PM, David wrote: I presume a few donated items sold at the TCMA yard sale. I wasn't able to purchase gear this year, but I did get 3 books. Over $500 was raised at the yard sale--many thanks to the organizers! I snagged several good purchases of caving gear for

RE: [Texascavers] TCR - a personal review

2008-10-15 Thread Linda Palit
And thank you, Diana, for helping with the booth. We really appreciate your pitching in to watch the garage sale during part of Saturday afternoon. I like the garage sale more and more; there are always some really good bargains and some really useful items. -Original Message- From:

texascavers Digest 15 Oct 2008 18:38:15 -0000 Issue 627

2008-10-15 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 15 Oct 2008 18:38:15 - Issue 627 Topics (messages 9183 through 9202): Re: Parking for UT Grotto Meeting 9183 by: Sandi Calhoun recycling at TCR 9184 by: Sam Young 9185 by: Allan Cobb 9186 by: Jenny Holt 9187 by: Stefan Creaser

[Texascavers] Virginia isopod linked to water quality :

2008-10-15 Thread JerryAtkin
Cave critters linked to quality of water - Research into isopods may help protect water resources in the Valley Wednesday, Oct 15, 2008 - 12:08 AM By CARLOS SANTOS TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER SLIDESHOW: _Madison Cave Isopod_

Re: [Texascavers] recycling at TCR

2008-10-15 Thread Chris Vreeland
I brought all my glass home with me put it in my curbside recycling, along with a few cans gatorade bottles from around my tent. Some years, I've hauled home a little extra -- I'm really glad someone's taking on recycling for TCR these days -- thanks! Chris On Oct 14, 2008, at 5:22 PM,

[Texascavers] Cow's Tail Tests

2008-10-15 Thread Minton, Mark
Extensive tests on various types of cow's tails have been published at http://british-caving.org.uk/rope/lanyard_tests_v6.pdf. Mark Minton

[Texascavers] OT - consumer warning - pre-paid debit cards

2008-10-15 Thread David
Please forward this message to everybody on your mail list: ( and please reply at:o...@texascavers.com ) Beware of a gift card sold at Walmart called the Visa Debit Card. This card is operated by GE Money Bank. Go to Google and type ge money bank and look at the thousands of people who

RE: [Texascavers] OT - consumer warning - pre-paid debit cards

2008-10-15 Thread Sheryl Rieck
You should NEVER EVER give out your social security number to some person on the phone if they are not with a credit card company you have a 'real' credit card with. You always need to be suspicious when someone starts asking for your ss# and you have not applied for a credit card from them.

Re: [Texascavers] OT - consumer warning - pre-paid debit cards

2008-10-15 Thread Jim Evatt
GE Money Bank approved a $1400 Sam's Club/Wal-Mart line of credit in my name last January. The application was submitted by a 28-year old individual with a false driver's license with my name and DL# on it, and HIS picture and age. GE money bank ran credit through one of the big three, failed