Hi Peter, I received that message as well, mentioning two mailing lists that I'm subscribed to. From what I can tell, it is valid, since this mailing list (and the other one) is hosted at sourceforge. See also the signature appearing at the end of any message. Should be safe, I think.
Bye, Philipp ---- Peter Blodow wrote ---- > Hello Gentlemen, > I just got a message, seemingly from sourceforge (sourceforge at > slashdotmedia.com), litterally mentioning emc-users as my mailing list, > with the urgent wish to confirm my subscription with sourceforge, > otherwise it would be cancelled by June 29th. The link given looks > somehow fishy (starting with sourceforge.net, followed by lots of > numbers and special characters) and contains my email address at the end. > > I can't remember having a subscription with sourceforge, or do I need > one in order to participate in this list? I'd rather strongly suppose > this is some sort of spoof to make me contact that link, maybe to > confirm the existence of my email address or make me pick up a virus. > Has anybody else received such a message? > > Greetings > Peter Blodow > > --- > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
