[sf-lug] (no subject)

[jim]

    My (and I expect "our") thanks to Rick. Either 
jim at well.com or jim at systemateka.com will reach me. 
    I welcome any and all suggestions about SF-LUG 
and the mailing list. 
jim 



On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 16:19 -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting donna curtis (donnaccincinnati at yahoo.com) -- but not the actual 
> Donna Curtis, but rather a spammer who seems to have broken into her
> webmail account:
> 
> > [a spamvertised URL]
> 
> 
> Folks, this sort of break-in has been happening all over the major
> webmail services for several years.  Please, when you see it happen, 
> jolt the listadmins awake, and ask them to fix it.
> 
> How do you find the listadmins?  Look at the bottom of any posting
> 
> > _______________________________________________
> > sf-lug mailing list
> > sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> > http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug
> > Information about SF-LUG is at http://www.sf-lug.org/
> 
> http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug is this mailing list's
> 'listinfo' page, that includes at the bottom the e-mail addresses of the
> two listadmins, Jim and lx_rudis.
> 
> Turns out, Donna's Yahoo box was apparently security-compromised in
> 2009, and her mailbox has been intermittently hitting this mailing list
> ever since then.  As owner of linuxmafia.com, which hosts SF-LUG's
> mailing list, I stepped in today because abuse of my server by spammers
> is pretty much the biggest no-no.  I've just now ensured that Donna's
> account cannot spam us again _and_ purged all past spams sent by her
> mailbox from the sf-lug back-postings archive.
> 
> If this ever happens again, please let Jim and lx_rudis know.  If that
> doesn't work, let _me_ know.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Rick M.
> </hat="system owner/operator">
> 
> 
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