Is it really TMDA, or a look-alike? Either way, it's not unheard of.
You NEVER get spam to your postmaster or abuse accounts? Lucky you! --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I thought it may be of interest that AT&T is using tmda > to confirm e-mail addresses sent to their [EMAIL PROTECTED] > email address. Personally, I don't use confirm addresses > going to my postmaster & abuse accounts and have never > received spam going to either of those addresses. > Is this an a-typical setup for TMDA usage? > > Niles > > > > > << IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR MESSAGE TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Your report (attached below) will not be delivered until you verify > your > e-mail address by replying to this message. Due to the tremendous > amount > of spam, viruses, and worms currently circulating via e-mail, we have > > found > it necessary to protect our business e-mail system with a > confirmation > process that verifies incoming correspondence as legitimate. > > Confirmation of your e-mail address with the AT&T Abuse Desk is a > one-time > process per sending e-mail address. Once you have confirmed (by > simply > replying to this e-mail) you will be automatically white-listed for > all > future correspondence you send to AT&T's Abuse Desk from your > confirmed > e-mail address. If in the future you choose to contact us from a > different > e-mail address, you will need to go through the process again for > that > new > address. > > To confirm that you did send the message below, simply reply to this > e-mail, > sending back the contents of this message. You do not need to add or > edit > anything. > > If you did not send the e-mail below, it is possible that your e-mail > > address > was forged by a spammer; in order to hide their identity, spammers > will > often > randomly select an e-mail address from their lists and insert it in > the > "From" and/or "Reply To" fields. If so, you can safely ignore this > message > and may disregard the confirmation process described above. > > We appreciate your cooperation. > > AT&T Internet Investigations and Security Services Team > > > For your reference, the original e-mail you sent is attached below. > > > _____________________________________________ > tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
