Re: M & I Bank Control your account
PAUL HANCHETT <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:15:24 -0700
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--------------020703050804070305050404 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ken, that is an interesting site. Thanks for pointing it out. John said that he changed the status of the group so this should be prevented. We'll see how that goes. ;-) Paul Kenneth Wong wrote: > Hi, I've been lurking on this mailing list for a while now and after I > received the phishing scam, I fwd'd the mail to www.antiphishing.org. > I realize that this doesn't solve the problem of how to prevent scams > like this from appearing on the mailing list but I figured I should at > least try and report the guys who sent the e-mail. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John (yt) Hogenmiller" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: M & I Bank Control your account > > > On 6/12/05, Daniel T. Gorski <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 12 Jun 15:46, John (yt) Hogenmiller wrote: >> >> > On 6/12/05, Daniel T. Gorski <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > On 12 Jun 15:22, John (yt) Hogenmiller wrote: >> >> > > > It seems that the cvs list is open to just about any email address >> > > > that wants to post to it, unlike the other lists that require >> either >> > > > subscription or moderation by either Paul or myself. >> >> > > > I'll look into it. >> >> > > In this case only a local filter would help Archie, as you >> probably do > > not >> > > want (and can) moderate each email on this list. IMHO. >> > >> > Actually, the list was just set wrong (for our purposes). Moderated >> > means that only "allowed posters" can submit, Unmoderated means anyone >> > and everyone (subscribed or unsubscribed) can post, and Discuss means >> > that only those that are subscribed can post. I set the list to >> > discuss, and that should solve our problem. >> >> That means, that the users@ list is still "vulnerable" for such spam. >> Right? So filtering - either at tigris.org or locally - is still >> required. >> Well, Archie, if you read this: get at least a local SPAM filter :) >> > > No matter what I would recommend a local spam filter. If I can make a > recommendation without getting into a small religious war, I would > recommend using Thunderbird for all of your local mail. I've made a > small obsession out of trying different mail reader solutions -- > webmail, pine, netscape and mozilla messenger, hordes of popular linux > clients, etc before settling on thunderbird. It has a plethora of > filtering and junk mail options. > > As an alternative, I have switched over to using gmail for all of my > "mailing list" emails -- I'm sure that other ones like yahoo or > hotmail might work for you, but gmail has some great features like a > conversation/threaded view that is similiar, yet improved over the > usenet style of threading. > > Just my $0.02.. > > Oh, and I looked at the users@ list just now, and it is set to > discuss, so it shouldn't be vulerable. Only "unmoderated" lists are > open, and as of today, that should be none of ours. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------020703050804070305050404 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font face="Verdana">Ken, that is an interesting site. Thanks for pointing it out. John said that he changed the status of the group so this should be prevented. We'll see how that goes. ;-)<br> <br> Paul<br> </font><br> Kenneth Wong wrote: <blockquote cite="mid001b01c57025$1b859f90$4401010a@drifter" type="cite">Hi, I've been lurking on this mailing list for a while now and after I received the phishing scam, I fwd'd the mail to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.antiphishing.org">www.antiphishing.org</a>. I realize that this doesn't solve the problem of how to prevent scams like this from appearing on the mailing list but I figured I should at least try and report the guys who sent the e-mail. <br> <br> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John (yt) Hogenmiller" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> <br> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> <br> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 5:09 PM <br> Subject: Re: M & I Bank Control your account <br> <br> <br> On 6/12/05, Daniel T. Gorski <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> wrote: <br> <blockquote type="cite">On 12 Jun 15:46, John (yt) Hogenmiller wrote: <br> <br> > On 6/12/05, Daniel T. Gorski <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> wrote: <br> > > On 12 Jun 15:22, John (yt) Hogenmiller wrote: <br> <br> > > > It seems that the cvs list is open to just about any email address <br> > > > that wants to post to it, unlike the other lists that require either <br> > > > subscription or moderation by either Paul or myself. <br> <br> > > > I'll look into it. <br> <br> > > In this case only a local filter would help Archie, as you probably do > > not <br> > > want (and can) moderate each email on this list. IMHO. <br> > <br> > Actually, the list was just set wrong (for our purposes). Moderated <br> > means that only "allowed posters" can submit, Unmoderated means anyone <br> > and everyone (subscribed or unsubscribed) can post, and Discuss means <br> > that only those that are subscribed can post. I set the list to <br> > discuss, and that should solve our problem. <br> <br> That means, that the users@ list is still "vulnerable" for such spam. <br> Right? So filtering - either at tigris.org or locally - is still required. <br> Well, Archie, if you read this: get at least a local SPAM filter :) <br> <br> </blockquote> <br> No matter what I would recommend a local spam filter. If I can make a <br> recommendation without getting into a small religious war, I would <br> recommend using Thunderbird for all of your local mail. I've made a <br> small obsession out of trying different mail reader solutions -- <br> webmail, pine, netscape and mozilla messenger, hordes of popular linux <br> clients, etc before settling on thunderbird. It has a plethora of <br> filtering and junk mail options. <br> <br> As an alternative, I have switched over to using gmail for all of my <br> "mailing list" emails -- I'm sure that other ones like yahoo or <br> hotmail might work for you, but gmail has some great features like a <br> conversation/threaded view that is similiar, yet improved over the <br> usenet style of threading. <br> <br> Just my $0.02.. <br> <br> Oh, and I looked at the users@ list just now, and it is set to <br> discuss, so it shouldn't be vulerable. Only "unmoderated" lists are <br> open, and as of today, that should be none of ours. <br> <br> --------------------------------------------------------------------- <br> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> <br> For additional commands, e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> --------------------------------------------------------------------- <br> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> <br> For additional commands, e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> <br> <br> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------020703050804070305050404--