I don't get spam now; I used too, but then my email address changed
(although the old address was still accepted) & it stopped. More recently I
have been getting messages with (may be spam) in the subject line, so I
assume we have a filter - but I don't know if some things are blocked
completely, some let through with a warning & some just let through - the
warning seems to relate to what's in the subject line rather than the
sender.
I would be slightly worried if IT were manually or automatically stopping
messages getting through, even if they are spam - I'd rather make my own
decisions about what I want to see.
Malcolm S. Dobson
Librarian
James B.P. Ferguson Library
Lanarkshire NHS Board
14 Beckford St
Hamilton ML3 0TA
01698 281313 ext 6209
'Knowledge is power' - Christopher Dresser
The views expressed above are my own and not those of NHS Lanarkshire
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Levene Anthea (RGC) Information Skills Trainer
> [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 07 January 2005 14:18
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: SPAM
>
> Much may depend on local IT policies - our Trust has a spam filter which
> seems to screen out the junk pretty effectively, so it may be worth having
> a word with your IT department to see if they can help if spam becomes an
> issue.
>
> Anthea Levene
> Information Skills Trainer
> Multidisciplinary Library
> Medical Education Centre
> Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust
> Whipps Cross Road
> London E11 1NR
>
> Phone: 020 8535 6860
> Fax: 020 8535 6973
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rey Patricia [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 07 January 2005 13:46
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: SPAM
>
>
> I suspect that spam is connected to lists such as LIS-MEDICAL. I
> have only recently registered with lis-medical and am now receiving
> begging emails and offers of huge sums of money if I will provide bank
> account details. I've never had any of these before at work.
>
> Regards
>
> Tricia Rey
> Library Services Manager
> Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
> Holtye Road
> East Grinstead
> West Sussex
> RH19 3DZ
>
> Tel: 01342 414266
> Fax: 01342 414005
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Melanie Brocklehurst [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 07 January 2005 10:41
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: SPAM
>
>
> I found Phil Bradley's experiment fascinating, and it
> certainly seems to explain where a lot of the spammers are obtaining our
> addresses. Like Fiona, I am inundated with spam at work, but
> interestingly not at home (a Freeserve account). Again, like Fiona, I am
> registered with several Jiscmail lists, so would be interested in a
> solution to our e-mail addresses being so publicy available. Is there a
> next step?
>
> I have tried setting up my "Junk E-mail" folder in Outlook,
> but am finding I still have to check every message as it tends to junk
> quite legitimate e-mails from anyone with a .com e-mail address or those
> from a work-related Yahoo group I belong to.
>
> Thanks for raising this - it's good to know I'm not the only
> one being offered all sorts of unsavoury treats at work! A quick straw
> poll indicated few of my colleagues seem to be quite so inundated.
>
> Melanie
>
> Melanie Brocklehurst
> Senior Information Adviser - Health & Social Care
> Learning and Information Services
> London South Bank University
> 250 Southwark Bridge Road
> London SE1 6NJ
>
> Tel: 020 7815 6695
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UK medical/ health care library community /
> information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Sue
> Lacey Bryant
> Sent: 06 January 2005 19:33
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: SPAM
>
>
>
> See Phil Bradley's experiment on SPAM -
> <http://webmail.mdx.ac.uk/spam/spamex.htm>
>
> Sue
>
> Sue Lacey Bryant - BA Hons, Dip Lib, MSc, MCLIP
> Independent Information Specialist
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Mob: 0 777 34 77 55 2
>
> "His priority did not seem to be to teach them what
> he knew but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even ...
> knowledge, was foolproof.
> J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Order of the
> Phoenix
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fiona McLean <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 6:47 PM
> Subject: Should our email addresses be in the
> lis-medical archive?
>
>
> I get far more spam than colleagues. My email is in
> one other place on the web, but mainly in lis-medical (and other)
> archives, where the message and all its info are included. I'm not sure if
> it is technically possible, but am wondering if having an archive with
> messages and names but not email addresses would help?
>
> Do any of you find you get loads of spam (and more
> than colleagues) which might be due to this?
>
> (PS happy new year!)
>
> Fiona
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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