Not me -----Original Message----- From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Peter Coghlan via cctalk Sent: 01 September 2020 00:55 To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Spam Anybody else on cctech/cctalk receive a blatant spam today from an outfit called "SparkPost" with "OptIn Live" in the subject? Regards, Peter Coghlan.

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Not me either, But I pass all of my email through gmail, and it filters out all of the spam for me anyway. A couple of years ago, some helpful person selected my email for sending millions of messages and it broke my email environment, the only way I could get it working again was to either abandon my email, or use gmail for everything. instant, clean email feed. Kindest regards, Doug Jackson em: doug at doughq.com ph: 0414 986878 Check out my awesome clocks at www.dougswordclocks.com Follow my amateur radio adventures at vk1zdj.net ----------------------------------------------------------- Just like an old fashioned letter, this email and any files transmitted with it should probably be treated as confidential and intended solely for your own use. Please note that any interesting spelling is usually my own and may have been caused by fat thumbs on a tiny tiny keyboard. Should any part of this message prove to be useful in the event of the imminent Zombie Apocalypse then the sender bears no personal, legal, or moral responsibility for any outcome resulting from its usage unless the result of said usage is the unlikely defeat of the Zombie Hordes in which case the sender takes full credit without any theoretical or actual legal liability. :-) Be nice to your parents. Go outside and do something awesome - Draw, paint, walk, setup a radio station, go fishing or sailing - just do something that makes you happy. ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G- In more laid back days this line would literally sing ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 9:33 AM mazzinia--- via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > Not me > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Peter Coghlan > via > cctalk > Sent: 01 September 2020 00:55 > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > Subject: Spam > > 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 trouble.

From the responses received, it appears that other cctalk list members did

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.

paul

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 trouble.

From the responses received, it appears that other cctalk list members did

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.

paul

On 8/31/2020 3:55 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: i've found that someone who has had their emails in someones inbox may get their emails harvested and added to spam lists. I've got some past members here who still send spam. Unfortunately since we want to respond directly thru this to users, the email addresses are in the email messages. If a spam creating exploit is through, it will pluck off the sender's email, which is the reply-to address. It may have nothing to do with the list or any user you can determine, but sometimes it does. Thanks JIm