I'm not sure what happened over here on this side of the machine. But
just this afternoon,. I got two days' worth of listserv messages. And
after a few days of waiting, learned that my messages to friends, etc
were not Sent.
Does this mean all is well? The reins have been returned to my Mac? How
does one guard against these spambot raids? What's it all about., alfieee?
Ann
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
>
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