On Mon 19 Nov 2007 20:57:52 NZDT +1300, Wesley Parish wrote: > This isn't the first day I've received an email purporting to be from > Paradise.net requiring me to "verify" my webmail/email details to prevent > said account from being closed down.
Yeah, I've been getting that hogwash too. The text isn't even a laugh "... just enter your username and password here". Yawn. And Telstraclear have a big warning up someplace. > I wish they'd get their act together. Permitting this sort of infringement > makes them look very, very bad. Why do you assume they permit it? The one I looked at came from optusnet in Oz. They could make an effort to have that account shut down, but more likely they wouldn't be able to keep up. The only thing they could do is train their filters better. Other than that, it's easy to impersonate someone, spammers have been doing it for years. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
