[K12OSN] Is someone spamming this list?

Terrell Prude' Jr. microman at cmosnetworks.com
Tue Jun 12 02:20:20 UTC 2007


I'm getting them, too.  Looks like they're getting sent directly to 
individual accounts (e. g. mine).

--TP

Paul Nelson wrote:
> 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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