I haven't received any of those bad notes, Rebecca. And I still feel
safe with my Mac.
But I do occasionally get e-messages saying that 'I' have sent a virus
or spam to someone I have never heard of, so stealing e-ddresses does
seem to be the thing.
Doug
On 27-Jan-05, at 7:18 PM, Rebecca Seiferle wrote:
> I have a mac too, and my best guess at the moment is that this list is
> fine. I
> think spambots have picked up email addresses from another list, the
> poetics
> list at Buffalo, not this one, and are sending garbled messages as if
> sent from
> those addresses. I became aware of this a few days ago when I noticed
> on the
> poetics list archive that "I" had sent a message under the title
> "Re:what about
> oatmeal?" and it was about three pages of numbers and letters, which
> was
> probably taken for some sarcastic comment about certain experimental
> writings.
> I didn't send that mail but it was sent with my email address and name
> to the
> poetics list. I haven't heard back from them about this yet.
>
> I went and looked in the archives and the messages and snap that I've
> sent in
> recent days to petetc seemed to arrive ok there. From various replies
> to them
> from people on this list, it seems they arrived to most in English (if
> not
> necessarily more intelligible!) And it's only Jesse who got this
> garbled version.
>
> I got a message from his address this morning with an attachment and
> wrote to
> ask what it was. His explanation was as per his note here.
>
> Both he and I are on the poetics list and I think the trouble is
> originating with
> spambots there, not here.
>
> best,
>
> Rebecca
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:28:44 -0500
>> From: Ann White <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Troubling News--Spambots and this list
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Hello folks -
>> I am bitterly glad to read this as I've had nothing but problems for
>> several days with my email. Something's at work for sure and I
>> thought I
>> was immune (Macintosh). Seems one consequence is being delisted from
>> another listserv!
>>
>> If this is for real, are there any savvy folks who know what to do to
>> counteract the damage?
>>
>> Ann White <desperately delurking>
>>
>> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>>> A
>>> spambot has apparently gotten my ahadada address and is using it for
>>> some dark purpose. Please don't open any attachments, etc. on
>>> whatever
>>> may turn up in your inbox that has a scrambled subject heading and
>>> the
>>> Gol.com address, and please let me know if anyone else is getting
>>> these
>>> things.
>>>
>>>
>
>
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
Reserved books. Reserved land. Reserved flight.
And still property is theft.
Phyllis Webb
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