[K12OSN] Is someone spamming this list?

Paul Nelson pnelson.k12 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 11 19:30:08 UTC 2007


It looks like someone has a white list only mail system where you must
be on an approved list to send him/her mail.

I did not see this end up on the K12OSN list. Perhaps it went just to you.

Paul

On 6/11/07, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is any one else getting this spam garbage when they post to this list?
> This looks like someone is running a script to spam the k12osn list.
> (Grrrr!!!)
>
> I have deleted the addresses and replaced them with ---------- deliberately.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: -----------------------------------------
> Date: Jun 11, 2007 11:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] should 'yum install fl_teachertool' actually install the
> To: robark at gmail.com
>
>
> Robert
>
>  You sent me an email on 11 June
>
>  To confirm you are not a spam robot, please choose
>  any one of the three options below. If you do not, your
>  email will not be delivered to me.
>
>  EITHER
>  1. Click on the link below.
>  (This does not work if a firewall prevents your clicking
>  on an email link. You can always copy the link below and
>  paste it into a browser as an alternative).
> -----------------------------------------
>
>  OR
>  2. Send an email to the unique address below
>  (Send an email to the address below. There is no need
>  to type anything, either in the subject
>  box or the text itself. The email address below contains
>  everything needed for the validation.)
> -----------------------------------------
>
>  WARNING! DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.
>  (If you try to reply to this email, the unique
>  email address below will not be used and your
>  validation will fail.)
>
>  OR
>  3. Call me.
>  (If you are not comfortable with either 1 or 2 above,
>  let me know by phone to add your email address manually
>  to my whitelist).
>
>  When you have done any one of the three options above, this
>  and all future emails addressed below will pass directly
>  through my anti-spam filter:
>  To : k12osn at redhat.com
>  >From : robark at gmail.com
>
>  Until then, I will get no emails you send.
>
>  With thanks for your help
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Robert Arkiletian
> Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
> Fl_TeacherTool http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/
> C++ GUI tutorial http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/
>
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