On Friday 17 August 2018 02:59:23 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:49:22AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 17 August 2018 00:35:30 Dan Ritter wrote: > > [...] > > > > But in this particular case, I think it was probably a spammer > > > or scammer looking for targets. > > > > > > -dsr- > > > > Entirely probable. > > Yep, looks like that. I studied the headers, and did a little > superficial research: "Pilgrim Quality Solutions, Inc." seems > to actually exist [1], although it seems highly improbable that > someone writing officially on their behalf writes from an address > like <inboxemai...@gmail.com>. > > The other thing which sticks out is -- DKIM, Spamhaus et al. are > all fine -- no wonder since the mail is coming from Google. The > result of all those anti-spam contortions à la DKIM and SPF seems > to be that the Big Boys get the monopoly on spam -- as if they > hadn't enough monopolies already. > > Sometimes I'm glad I'm *that* old. Apologies to the younger ones > for leaving behind such a stinkin' mess. Honestly: we believed > we were creating something great. > > Cheers > I would not paint you folks, all contemporaries of mine with that broad a brush. There seems to be an endless supply of folks who never heard of TANSTAAFL, and once hearing about it, are convinced it doesn't apply to them. A western movie actor named Marion Morrison when he was born, in a county seat town about 7 miles from where I grew up, you know him as John Wayne, once said "stupidity should be painfull" comes to mind, but in our so-called PC society today, theres a painkiller for that. Dammit. > [1] > <https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privca >pId=3272148> -- tomás
That said, its time to go back to bed, I try to be a good geek, checking my email when my kidneys get me up. ;-) -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
