remember that anyone can write
"Re:LF: "
"at the start of the subject to make it SEEM as if it came thro' the
reflector.
Try it.
It may not have come from the reflector at all.
Sherlock Holmes - G3GVB
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 04 December 2003 18:14
Subject: Re: LF: Spam etc
In a message dated 12/4/03 5:20:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> It is not coming in
> through the LF reflector
Actually, some of it _is_ coming in through the reflector; the false
PayPal
messages and the Nigerian bank transfer scams being recent instances.
Seldom
does a week go by without one or two advertising messages getting through
this
reflector. It is far less than the general spam level most of us receive,
but
it is a contributing factor.
> although it is possible that a
> spammer joined and harvested the addresses.
Possible, though it is equally likely some of the members hit by one of
the
previous viruses or trojans had their e-mail address books pilfered by
spammers.
> Try something like mailwasher.
All good and well, but as I said yesterday (a) it's not 100% effective,
and
(b) one utterly miniscule change to the list rules would virtually
eliminate
any spam coming through the reflector and thereby reduce the total volume
of
junkmail.
John
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