The list has now been set to reject messages sent with attachments. Lawrence At 11:22 AM +0000 11/22/04, Halfacree K.H. wrote: >Dear All > >Apologies but it seems my email address has been 'spoofed' and some ***** is >sending messages to this list purporting to come from me. They are not. >I've talked to our IT person and he says we can;t do much about it as he's >sure the email address is not being picked up at this end... I've received >the same sort of thing from names I recognise; fortunately, the number of >them seems to decline over time. >Note, though, that all these messages have attachments and, as the list does >not allow attachments, clearly (!) I would not be sending a message with one >contained therein. > >Could the list be set up to reject automatically emails with an attachment? > >Cheers, Keith -- Lawrence D. Berg, D.Phil. Canada Research Chair Director, Centre for Human Rights, Diversity & Identity http://www.chrdi.org Okanagan University College, Kalamalka Campus 7000 College Way, Vernon, B.C., Canada, V1B 2N5 Voice: +1 250 545-7291 ext. 2264; Fax: +1 250 545-3277 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.chrdi.org/ldb/index.htm http://www.chairs.gc.ca/web/chairholders/viewprofile_e.asp?id=972 Editor: The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe canadien http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/cg Co-Editor: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies http://www.acme-journal.org Commissioning Editor: Praxis (e)Press http://www.praxis-epress.org Watch for the new University of British Columbia - Okanagan, September 2005 http://www.okanagan.ubc.ca