1 Sep
2020
1 Sep
'20
4:14 a.m.
Peter,
I seem to have been receiving various adds for "optimised SMTP" delivery but
not sure if any relate to SparkPost.
The version of you address with "at" rather than "@" is visible in a
couple
of places
Dave
The spam I got did not come from cctalk. I didn't say it came from cctalk, I
Same here except that it is in regard of the freecycle mailing list rather than
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Peter Coghlan
via cctalk
Sent: 01 September 2020 09:11
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Spam
Paul Koning wrote:
trouble.
> On Aug 31, 2020, at 6:55 PM, Peter Coghlan
via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > Anybody else on cctech/cctalk receive a blatant spam today from an
> > outfit called "SparkPost" with "OptIn Live" in the
subject?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter Coghlan.
>
> Nope.
>
> Keep in mind that criminals often forge source addresses. So while it
> may say it came from cctalk, it doesn't mean it actually did. Looking
> at the full headers will often tell you, if you care to go to the said it came from an outfit called
"SparkPost". I asked if anyone else on
cctalk
received the same spam because I am attempting to
figure out how
SparkPost obtained the email address that I use only for cctalk.
From the responses received, it appears that other cctalk list members did
not receive the same spam which reduces the likelyhood that someone (ie
SparkPost) had subscribed to cctalk specifically to harvest the email
addresses of the list members, a possibility which was advanced on this
list a
while back.
>
> For example, I get spam every few weeks claiming to be from one
> specific person on the list here, but it never actually is from that
address.
cctalk.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
> paul
>