Hi everyone, LOL I found this message [below] in my spam folder - it of course is not spam . . .
appearances are deceptive Gill has given me permission to pass this on. She runs the 'Allspirit' forum at yahoogroups. It explains what I feel is most probably happening. I agree with Rehana 'Enough already' Lobster >Ed, > >I sent a similar message to ts yesterday, but don't think it >made it through his spam filter... > >Every now and again, when my lists are quiet, I go through >a half dozen or so lists to see if anything interesting is >happening. I have just finished reading the latest saga >on holygeek. > > >With all of the latest worms, when a computer is infected, >the worm sends out a message, using random addresses >in both the 'to' and 'from' field that they find on the infected >computer. It does not have to be a name in the address book, >just any email address on any email on the computer. It can >even scan your browser cache and grab an address from there. >All yahoogroups emails have the unsubscribe address on them, >which is why this is becoming much more common. > >Virtually every day I receive at least one 'please confirm >your request to unsubscribe from rumitohafiz' and sometimes >for other lists, even ones that no longer exist. How does that >happen when I haven't sent such a request? I realise that yet >another person who has a message from >rumitohafiz or other list, containing the unsubscribe address, >and messages from me, has been hit. The worm has randomly chosen >the unsubscribe address as the 'to' field, and my address >as the 'from' field. If you could get hold of these messages, >it would be very easy to see that the from address is spoofed. >Spoofed by the worm, not by a person. It is how they work. > >Many, many people are experiencing this, and it is *not* >stalkers. I would not even waste my time checking headers, >people just need to educate themselves on how these things >work. Someone who has messages from panhala in their mail >box, and messages from joyce, has been infected. Obviously >I cannot prove this is the case with Joyce, but I would bet >all my money on it being so. > >Also, any list owner can check their list logs and see how >many subscribe requests they receive that are never >confirmed. Most of them are the same thing. Allspirit >receives dozens of them every week! > >All of this is most unfortunate, but it is just a sad fact of >the way the internet is now. It has been discussed on the >EMailList Managers list at: >http://www.escribe.com/internet/em > >You are welcome to share this if you wish, if it may set >an agitated mind at rest. > >gill ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/_bWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HolyGeek/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
