[acimlessons_list] Spam and our list
Allen Watson
allen at circleofa.org
Wed Aug 2 11:19:13 EDT 2006
Well said!!
On 8/1/06 3:20 AM, "Sue Roth" <suelegal at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear ones,
>
> First, let me state emphatically that the Circle of Atonement does
> not now, has never and never ever will sell email lists to anyone for any
> reason, nor will we never ever give access to our email list for any reason.
>
> Now, on to the issue at hand. Last Thursday, several pieces of spam
> email made it to our list that appeared to come from our sister list owner.
> The reason this email made it through this moderated list is because it
> contained the "circleofa.com" domain, which was generically allowed for
> announcements etc.
>
> I have changed this setting. No one can send mail to the list now
> except for Allen, me, and for one other person at the Circle, who fills in
> occasionally when I am not available to send lessons.
>
> Now, I understand several of you have received mail directly to your
> email inbox not thru the list, using that same email address. Please
> understand that this is a spoofed email address and not sent by us.
> Spammers use "spider" software, spyware, and generic email address
> generators in order to find, fake and send spam. Once they find a domain
> that works, and especially, once they find a specific email address that is
> a verified authentic address, they send ridiculous amounts of spam using
> that email address.
>
> Unless you subscribe to both of the circle lists, there is no reason
> for your to accept email from acimwkbk_list-bounces (at) circleofa (dot)
> com. Put this email address on the blacklist of your email scanner. What?
> You don't have a scanner? There are several good email spam scanners,
> including Norton's Internet Security, McAfee, Oulook Spam filter by
> softlogica, and many others. I have no affiliation, I use both Norton, and
> SoftLogica. Check reviews at cnet, pcworld, etc to find the one that will
> work for you, or talk to a reputable IT person for help.
>
> If you want, you can forward ONE SINGLE PIECE of spam email to me,
> with full internet headers, so I can help you populate your blacklist. Send
> that to my regular list email address.
>
> One final thing, unsubscribing from this list will not stop that
> spam. I already stopped that. Properly configuring email filters will
> prevent it from getting into your inbox, but spammers are ruthless and
> unforgiving. You'll get more, no matter how good we all are at trying to
> foil it.
>
> Blessings,
> Sue Roth
>
>
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