[Oe List ...] salutations!

[Sarah H. Buss]

But how will I know to beware if George etc do not help. Not obvious to me.
Sarah

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 3, 2013, at 4:46 PM, Timothy Wegner <tim at tswegner.net> wrote:

> George asked Joan:
> 
>> Hello, Did you send this or have you been hacked? I am always suspicious of a web site with no intro or orientation.
> 
> Yes Joan's email was hacked or spoofed and yes you should be
> suspicious. And in these circumstances, never click on the link no
> matter how curious you are.
> 
> I would ask everybody not to post questions or statements about these
> sort of spam messages to the list, because they just add noise to the
> list. For example, posting something like "Joan was hacked!!!!"
> doesn't help, adds noise, and is nearly as bad as the original spam.
> I'm even reluctant to post this sort of explanatory message, so I
> rarely do, but from time to time it seems necessary .
> 
> By all means email me me privately if you see list postings that look
> like spam. I am fairly vigilant but don't see everything. Or email the
> person privately.  What I do when I see spam messages posted to the
> list by list members is put the offending email on moderation status,
> so they cannot post without my approval. This at least protects the
> list from more spam. After some time goes by with no problems, I set
> their account back to normal.
> 
> If this happens to you, the first thing to do is change your email
> password. Might not help, but it for sure won't hurt.
> 
> Tim
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