Hi,
Some or all of you will have received a spam (junk) e-mail over the weekend
(probably titled "I think you've won!!!") that contained a reference to
Mailbase.
I have been asked by Mailbase to pass on the message below to the list
concerning this mail. Please read it and ensure that you don't contact the
postmasters at Oxford Brookes University.
Also, Mailbase has useful information and advice about spam e-mails on its web
site - see
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/docs/junk.html *
Note that in future if you recieve any spam messages that mention Allstat or
Mailbase, then you can contact me at
[log in to unmask]
including the message and its full header.
Cheers,
John
* Note that the main points for dealing with spam mail are
Don't reply
Don't take it personally
Don't retaliate
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John D. McClure
Department of Statistics Phone : +44 (0)141 330 6118
University of Glasgow Fax : +44 (0)141 330 4814
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[log in to unmask] http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/allstat
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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 12:01:37 +0000 (GMT)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: For moderation - "Have you won!" spam message... (fwd)
From: Mailbase Helpline <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
X-List: [log in to unmask]
X-Unsub: To leave, send text 'leave owners-unique' to [log in to unmask]
X-List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
*** IMPORTANT : PLEASE PASS ON TO YOUR LIST ***
Hello,
No doubt by now you will have noticed a spam message sent
to members of mailbase lists purporting to come from the
School of Languages from Brookes University.
However, a lot of people seem think that Brookes.ac.uk are:
a) the originators
b) an open relay
They are neither.
Please advise your members (if contacted about this particular spam) to
ignore and delete it. We are dealing with the problem here at
Mailbase and will be in contact with the real originators of
the message.
The brookes postmasters do not need any further grief and are
entirely innocent in this matter...
Regards,
Gavin Younger,
Mailbase,
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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