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Re: SPAM from Lugnet
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Thu, 23 May 2002 15:56:59 GMT
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My copy had a *.bat file attached. Didn't investigate the headers due to
fear of viruses...
Eric
"Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:Gvp2Ew.2py@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.admin.general, Ben Roller writes:
> > So it seems that someone in Australia originated the message. I'll • complain
> > to their ISP to try to stop them from spamming again, but felt that I • needed
> > to let Lugnet know that we have a security problem. Did anyone else get
> > this message?
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> yah, I got it, and reported it promptly to spamcop...
>
> > Do we need to do a sign-in to view email addresses like eBay?
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> while I'd like to do that, I'm not sure we can... are we ready to say to
> random web users "you can post, but you can't see who you're replying to"?
> guess the email is only needed if you want to contact someone directly, • not
> through the newsgroups... and of course, anyone using SMTP/NNTP will • always
> get the full emails of everyone...
>
> Dan
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| My email address started out as Lugnet only, and was later extended to dealing with a few fellow lugnetters. Right from the beginning I've received spam emails, most coming from the same few addresses (a couple of tpg.com.au addresses, an aol (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) yah, I got it, and reported it promptly to spamcop... (...) while I'd like to do that, I'm not sure we can... are we ready to say to random web users "you can post, but you can't see who you're replying to"? guess the email is only needed if (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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