[sf-lug] MEGA Invitation

[Bobbie Sellers]

On 07/28/2016 12:27 PM, jim wrote:
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>     I see that I've just gotten an invitation to
> MEGA.nz from JasonEdwardKirk, too.
>     My guess is that Jason had nothing to do with
> the invitation either. He subscribes to this list,
> so I imagine he'll pipe up.
>     Lately we've been getting spam from various
> names @linuxmafia.com. Is it possible that the
> linuxmafia box is exposed or that someone's
> capturing streaming in and out of that host?

     I asked Jason what MEGA was and apparently is a contact
list catcher masquerading as a free cloud.
     Jason says and I of course believe him that he sent none
of the mail.
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> On 07/28/2016 06:57 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
>> Quoting MEGA (support at mega.nz):
>>
>>> jasonedwardkirk at gmail.com sent you an invitation to join MEGA.
>>>
>>> --- Message from user: ---
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Please create your free MEGA account by clicking on the following
>>> link:
>>> https://mega.nz/#newsignupc2YtbHVnQGxpbnV4bWFmaWEuY29tzqPJLeW6CLE
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Team MEGA
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm about 99.9% sure this non-member-sending-address posting --
>> initiated by mailing list member Jason Edward Kirk at social media (or
>> whatever) site mega.nz, was manually approved for distribution by
>> listadmin jim at well.com.
>>
>> Jim, I really don't think that's a good idea, seriously.
>>
>> Jason, I think you need to be more careful where you cause
>> Web-site-initiated 'invitations' to be sent.
>>
>>
>> I keep a generally hands-off attitude to this list's administration,
>> but I _do_ own the machine it operates on, and have an interest in
>> preventing its use for propagation of spam.  And that was pretty spammy.
>>
     bliss