Morning! While going through the daily group of spam messages that got through the filters, I noticed a 411 spam with a text attachment. So, being curious (and...
Charlie Summers
charlie@...
May 1, 2003 1:21 pm
13191
... They don't need to bother. List-managers makes it easy: http://www.google.com/search?q=list-managers+charlie@...&ie=UTF- 8&oe=UTF-8 you're in...
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 3:27 pm
13192
I acknowledge that cloaking addresses in archives is better than nothing, but in the long run I do not think that trying to keep email addresses secret is an...
Tom Neff
tneff@...
May 1, 2003 3:41 pm
13193
... I agree with your assessment, but even if the GreatCircle archives were "locked-down," there are the unofficial web-based archives we've discussed here in...
Charlie Summers
charlie@...
May 1, 2003 4:15 pm
13194
... It has been known to happen in the past (subscribing to a list to grab addresses of those who post). Not implying anything in this case, but spammers have...
Mark Fletcher
markf@...
May 1, 2003 4:36 pm
13195
... which is why my sites have outlawed unofficial archives for a while (or more correctly, archives without our permission), and actively police for and have...
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 4:54 pm
13196
... and those need to be protected by a challenge/response system....
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 5:19 pm
13197
Hi there, Although in theory archives of list traffic are a nice idea, in practice, there is another problem, in addition to the spambots. This has to do with...
Istvan Berkeley
istvan@...
May 1, 2003 5:49 pm
13198
... Just as an interesting data point, when we started going after a 419 spammer, we were told by the Secret Service to back off! Actually, while I'm here, I...
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
amitchell@...
May 1, 2003 6:08 pm
13199
... simple answer: list rules should state permission to archive and whatever re-use you feel is reasonable. users don't like it? don't subscribe. I think...
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 6:47 pm
13200
... What does he say about the license implicit in posting an email message to a public forum? The summary above isn't very controversial, I don't think: it...
Bernie Cosell
bernie@...
May 1, 2003 7:13 pm
13201
... For those of us list owners who are not also lawyers, would your company be willing to press charges on our behalf by request? I gather that because your...
Michael S. Johnson
michj@...
May 1, 2003 7:30 pm
13202
... I'd meant to eask earlier, but held off.. but now it is compounded and I'm really lost: whats a '411 spam' and whats a "419 spammer"? /Bernie\ -- Bernie...
Bernie Cosell
bernie@...
May 1, 2003 7:58 pm
13203
First, let me make clear that although I am a lawyer (please don't hold it against me!), Habeas is not a law firm; we are an assured email delivery system...
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
amitchell@...
May 1, 2003 8:29 pm
13204
On Thu, 1 May 2003 10:24:54 -0700 ... Where do I sign up, and can I bring a baseball bat? -- J C Lawrence ... claw@... He lived as a devil,...
J C Lawrence
claw@...
May 1, 2003 9:10 pm
13205
... Nowadays you almost have no choice in the matter-or risk being called a spammer or a supporter of spam....
Angel Rivera
angel@...
May 1, 2003 9:26 pm
13206
... I keep all archives in a password-protected directory of the web site. They are available to list members only. ...Bob...
Bob Bish
bobbish@...
May 1, 2003 9:42 pm
13207
Somehow I missed the start of this thread, but it got me thinking about something I've been noticing of late, which is sort of related to lists being sold. ...
Vivek Khera
khera@...
May 1, 2003 9:52 pm
13208
More than better than nothing. According to this study: http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml "The vast majority of the spam we received --...
Omar Thameen
omar@...
May 1, 2003 10:08 pm
13209
... For a while, I had the issue of people putting copyright notices on their messages denying permission for those messages to be transported onto machines...
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 10:23 pm
13210
Letters to the editor are accepted with a license of "permission to publish unless otherwise stated", and online would be considered a legal aspect of their...
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 11:04 pm
13211
Nigerian spam is 419 (<http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/>) Not sure when the variants turn into 411 scams (I think the 411 comes from "ask for help" vs....
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 11:15 pm
13212
... I should have typed, "419;" hey, it was early. ... http://www.secretservice.gov/financial_crimes.shtml#Nigerian ...should get you started. Charlie...
Charlie Summers
charlie@...
May 1, 2003 11:35 pm
13213
... Hash: SHA1 ... Not spam. It's Yet Another Outlook Virus. Rather kind of the virus writer to always send from the "big@..." address since it makes it...
David Shaw
dshaw@...
May 1, 2003 11:53 pm
13214
he's a windows virus trying to propogate....
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 2, 2003 12:07 am
13215
I believe big@... is an email virus. It harvests addresses from various files on the computer that has been infected... Andy Beverley...
Andrew Beverley
andy@...
May 2, 2003 12:24 am
13216
On Thu, 1 May 2003 15:23:38 -0400 ... big@... is a virus signature. -- J C Lawrence ... claw@... He lived as a devil, eh? ...
J C Lawrence
claw@...
May 2, 2003 12:44 am
13217
On Thu, 1 May 2003 12:47:58 -0700 ... I'm about to start a discussion on my lists regarding explicitly placing the list archives, both as a collection, and as...
J C Lawrence
claw@...
May 2, 2003 12:59 am
13218
... It changed this morning when I typed the post half-asleep and screwed up. Mea Culpa. (Hey, I was only eight off, which is closer than I usually get...) ...
Charlie Summers
charlie@...
May 2, 2003 1:13 am
13219
... And this is why my TOS prohibit any public archives of the lists I run on my servers, and why I shut them down whenever I find them. This address is...
