Re: (no subject)
Toby Fredrickson <[email protected]> Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:57:29 -0800
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--===============8366562556186003359== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec54d3ed21f97a004ceca6955 --bcaec54d3ed21f97a004ceca6955 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you. A service well served. Trivia: What does CC: stand for? On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > It's pretty simple. > "To" means "This email is addressed to you directly" and your email > address is visible to anyone else who reads the email (including malware)= . > > "CC" means this email isn't addressed to you (so you don't need to > respond, etc.), but it's something I think you should know about. It als= o > lets everyone know you received it - the same as "To", so they don't > forward another copy to you, etc.) > > This is often used on teams where you're talking with one person/group, > but it may affect/interest others who need to know and who also need to > know who else knows what's going on. If I update a procedure at work, I > would send a note "To" my supervisor saying that it was done, I'd "CC" i= t > to people who use that procedure so they know what to do and can't say th= ey > weren't told (and won't send copies of it to other people they think shou= ld > know - because they can see those people were also CC'd on the email) and= I > might BCC a copy of it to my private email address for archival purposes. > > "BCC" serves the same purpose as CC, but each recipient cannot see any > other email addresses on the BCC list. (They can still see all the > addresses on the "To" and "CC" lists.) This allows sending information t= o > a group without telling each recipient who else received it. It also get= s > rid of emails that contain a couple of lines of text, but that start with= a > page or more of To and cc addresses when you print them. > > It seems like a lost cause, but I often send people who misuse to or cc a > boilerplate reply that explains the above and adds: "My giving you my > email address does not constitute permission for you to give it out to > other people." > > Joe > > > On 11/18/2012 02:13 PM, Toby Fredrickson wrote: > > To:, CC:, Bcc: > > Please tell us all the relationships and how this can help us all. Some > are savvy, but seeing it in a posting would be most welcome. > > Thanks. > > Toby > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Spam is really annoying, but discussing it shouldn't be a reason for us >> to be uncivil to each other. >> >> You bring up some valid points. It is undoubtedly harder to spam a list >> like this by chance. Just for my own information, can you refer me to s= ome >> evidence that your assertions are true? >> >> I belong to a number of non-technical lists that just can't be convinced >> to use BCC and once my address has unnecessarily gone out to 30 or more >> recipients for each list, it's vulnerability/availability goes up at lea= st >> geometrically, if not exponentially. >> >> I would suggest a single warning email to the account (requiring a timel= y >> "human" reply) before banning it. People come to lists like this for >> support and should not be banned lightly. >> >> Of course, all of this is up to the moderator who is the only one who ca= n >> take such an action. >> >> If he or she is good at reading email headers (I'm not), then a simple >> address spoof could be detected. But, if the address is spoofed, the li= st >> still gets it, so it's a problem even if it isn't the poster's fault. >> Knowing that would at least allow the moderator to send out a more polit= e >> banning message than "I don't like you and I don't like your computer >> either." Or worse yet, no message at all. >> >> 1) People don't usually let their computers send other people's spam on >> purpose. Very often, they don't know it's happening. If it's really a >> spam account, then there will almost certainly be no reply to a warning. >> If they are informed, maybe they will correct the problem. >> >> 2) I've seen spam using my email address and I run Linux, which, althoug= h >> it isn't invulnerable to such things, almost never gets "hacked" this wa= y. >> >> In any case, "incompetent" people are not "bad" people and should be >> treated politely, even though their incompetence may cause situations li= ke >> this that have to be addressed. >> >> Joe >> >> On 11/18/2012 09:50 AM, N4AOF wrote: >> >> Oh yes, it is always =93someone else=92s=94 computer that =93got hacked= =94 -- BS >> on both counts =96 the vast majority of these spam infestations come fro= m the >> person either getting malware on their computer or from the person havin= g >> given away their account information in response to phishing, fake sites= , >> social engineering, or harvesting programs that offer to =91consolidate= =92 all >> your mail accounts. >> >> The =93someone else=92s computer=94 story CAN occasionally be true becau= se some >> botnet malware does change the =93from=94 address on the email (usually >> detectable in the headers) but that is rare overall and the odds are nea= rly >> astronomical in any closed mail list (like this one and Yahoo or Google >> Groups) because the changed =93from=94 address would need to match someo= ne on >> the subscriber list. >> >> Bottom line: When we see spam here, it almost certainly came from the >> account shown in the From address and usually the individual is far from >> blameless. >> >> In any case, regardless of who might be at fault, there is only one >> reasonable response for the manager of any mail list =96 once an address= is >> used to send spam to the group, the manager needs to remove and ban that >> account from the list to prevent its use for continued spamming of the l= ist >> members. >> >> >> *From:* Joe <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, November 18, 2012 03:37 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [BitPim-user] (no subject) >> >> Most of the time, somebody else got their computer hacked and all the >> email addresses harvested and used without ever touching any of their >> computers. Teach people to use BCC instead of CC or TO for mailings so >> fewer addresses get unnecessarily propagated to vulnerable machines. >> >> On 11/17/2012 10:28 PM, Toby Fredrickson wrote: >> >> That happened to my Daughter on my Comcast account. She apparently >> switched over to "dookieprotect" (based on a fellow "stoodent" claiming = it >> was the best) or something like it as malware protection and her box got >> zombied into a spam machine. We got it fixed. Any reputable virus system >> should fix that. >> >> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 7:01 PM, N4AOF <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Another idiot who wants to claim his Yahoo account was =93hacked=94 >>> because he can=92t explain why his computer is sending out spam. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ >> Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single >> web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, >> SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. >> Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications!http://p.sf.net/= sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BitPim-user mailing list [email protected] >> Unsubscribe or change options athttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/list= info/bitpim-user >> >> There are several hundred people on this list. Please be >> courteous, on topic and follow the instructions before postinghttp://www= .bitpim.org/help/support.htm >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ >> Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single >> web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, >> SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. >> Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov >> _______________________________________________ >> BitPim-user mailing list [email protected] >> Unsubscribe or change options at >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitpim-user >> >> There are several hundred people on this list. Please be >> courteous, on topic and follow the instructions before posting >> http://www.bitpim.org/help/support.htm >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- > Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single > web console. 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A service well served.<div><br></div><div>Trivia: What does CC: = stand for?</div><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 18, 201= 2 at 11:53 AM, Joe <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected].= us" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> =20 =20 =20 <div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000"> <div>It's pretty simple.<br> "To" means "This email is addressed to you directly&qu= ot; and your email address is visible to anyone else who reads the email (including malware).<br> <br> "CC" means this email isn't addressed to you (so you do= n't need to respond, etc.), but it's something I think you should know about.= =A0 It also lets everyone know you received it - the same as "To&quo= t;, so they don't forward another copy to you, etc.)<br> <br> This is often used on teams where you're talking with one person/group, but it may affect/interest others who need to know and who also need to know who else knows what's going on.=A0 If I update a procedure at work, I would send a note "To" my sup= ervisor saying that it was done,=A0 I'd "CC" it to people who u= se that procedure so they know what to do and can't say they weren't = told (and won't send copies of it to other people they think should know - because they can see those people were also CC'd on the email) and I might BCC a copy of it to my private email address for archival purposes.<br> <br> "BCC" serves the same purpose as CC, but each recipient can= not see any other email addresses on the BCC list.=A0 (They can still see all the addresses on the "To" and "CC" lists.)=A0= This allows sending information to a group without telling each recipient who else received it.=A0 It also gets rid of emails that contain a couple of lines of text, but that start with a page or more of To and cc addresses when you print them.<br> <br> It seems like a lost cause, but I often send people who misuse to or cc a boilerplate reply that explains the above and adds:=A0 "= My giving you my email address does not constitute permission for you to give it out to other people."<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font col= or=3D"#888888"><br> <br> Joe</font></span><div><div class=3D"h5"><br> <br> On 11/18/2012 02:13 PM, Toby Fredrickson wrote:<br> </div></div></div><div><div class=3D"h5"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">To:, CC:, =A0Bcc:=A0 <div><br> </div> <div>Please tell us all the relationships and how this can help us all. Some are=A0savvy, =A0but seeing it in a posting would be most welcome.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Thanks.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Toby<br> <br> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Joe <s= pan dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"= >[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bord= er-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000"> <div>Spam is really annoying, but discussing it shouldn't be a reason for us to be uncivil to each other.<br> <br> You bring up some valid points.=A0 It is undoubtedly harder to spam a list like this by chance.=A0 Just for my own information, can you refer me to some evidence that your assertions are true?<br> <br> I belong to a number of non-technical lists that just can't be convinced to use BCC and once my address has unnecessarily gone out to 30 or more recipients for each list, it's vulnerability/availability goes up at least geometrically, if not exponentially.<br> <br> I would suggest a single warning email to the account (requiring a timely "human" reply) before banning= it.=A0 People come to lists like this for support and should not be banned lightly.<br> <br> Of course, all of this is up to the moderator who is the only one who can take such an action.<br> <br> If he or she is good at reading email headers (I'm not)= , then a simple address spoof could be detected.=A0 But, if the address is spoofed, the list still gets it, so it's a problem even if it isn't the poster's fault.=A0 K= nowing that would at least allow the moderator to send out a more polite banning message than "I don't like you= and I don't like your computer either." Or worse yet, no message at all.<br> <br> 1) People don't usually let their computers send other people's spam on purpose.=A0 Very often, they don't= know it's happening.=A0 If it's really a spam account, t= hen there will almost certainly be no reply to a warning.=A0 If they are informed, maybe they will correct the problem.<br> <br> 2) I've seen spam using my email address and I run Linux, which, although it isn't invulnerable to such things, almost never gets "hacked" this way.<br> <br> In any case, "incompetent" people are not "b= ad" people and should be treated politely, even though their incompetence may cause situations like this that have to be addressed.<br> <br> Joe<br> <br> On 11/18/2012 09:50 AM, N4AOF wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'"= > <div>Oh yes, it is always =93someone else=92s=94 comput= er that =93got hacked=94 --=A0 BS on both counts =96 the= vast majority of these spam infestations come from the person either getting malware on their computer or from the person having given away their account information in response to phishing, fake sites, social engineering, or harvesting programs that offer to =91consolidate=92 all your mail accounts.</d= iv> <div>=A0</div> <div>The =93someone else=92s computer=94 story CAN occasionally be true because some botnet malware does change the =93from=94 address on the email (usually detectable in the headers) but that is rare overall and the odds are nearly astronomical in any closed mail list (like this one and Yahoo or Google Groups) because the changed =93from=94 address would need to match someone on the subscriber list.=A0 </div> <div>=A0</div> <div>Bottom line: When we see spam here, it almost certainly came from the account shown in the From address and usually the individual is far from blameless.</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>In any case, regardless of who might be at fault, there is only one reasonable response for the manager of any mail list =96 once an address is used to send spam to the group, the manager needs to remove and ban that account from the list to prevent its use for continued spamming of the list members.</div> <div>=A0</div> <div style=3D"font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-de= coration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:norm= al"> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt tahoma"> <div>=A0</div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND:#f5f5f5"> <div><b>From:</b> <a title=3D"[email protected]"= href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">Joe</a> </div> <div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 18, 2012 03:37 AM</div> <div><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"[email protected]= rceforge.net" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_= blank">[email protected]</a> </div> <div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [BitPim-user] (no subject)</div> </div> </div> <div>=A0</div> </div> <div style=3D"font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-de= coration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:norm= al"> <div>Most of the time, somebody else got their computer hacked and all the email addresses harvested and used without ever touching any of their computers.=A0 Teach people to use BCC instead of CC or TO for mailings so fewer addresses get unnecessarily propagated to vulnerable machines.<br> <br> On 11/17/2012 10:28 PM, Toby Fredrickson wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite">That happened to my Daughter on my Comcast account. She apparently switched over to "dookieprotect" (based o= n a fellow "stoodent" claiming it was the bes= t) or something like it as malware protection and her box got zombied into a spam machine. We got it fixed. Any reputable virus system should fix that.<br> <br> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 7:01 PM, N4AOF <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"m= ailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;M= ARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';F= ONT-SIZE:10pt"> <div>Another idiot who wants to claim his Yahoo account was =93hacked=94 because he can=92t explain why his computer is sending out spam.</div> <div style=3D"FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:i= nline;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';FONT-SIZE:small;FONT-WEIGHT:normal;TEXT= -DECORATION:none"> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt tahoma"> <div>=A0</div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND:#f5f5f5">=A0= </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> <br> <fieldset></fieldset> <br> <pre>------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. 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