[K12OSN] Is someone spamming this list?

[Peter Scheie]

I think Paul's original diagnosis was correct, that someone who is 
subscribed to this list has signed up for spam.a.lot.less's whitelist 
service.  Since the messages sent to that person are coming from the 
listserv, though they contain the original sender's info, the s.a.l.l 
service is sending the notice asking for confirmation.  IOW, s.a.l.l may 
work well for messages sent directly from person A to person B, but it 
falls down when dealing with messages from mailing lists like this one. 
   That's my guess, anyway.

Peter

Paul Nelson wrote:
> I'm the admin for the list. Forward a complete email message to me
> with headers intact. You can send it to me at pnelson at nwresd.k12.or.us
> 
> ;-) Paul
> 
> On 6/11/07, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 6/11/07, Paul Nelson <pnelson.k12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > It looks like someone has a white list only mail system where you must
>> > be on an approved list to send him/her mail.
>> >
>> > I did not see this end up on the K12OSN list. Perhaps it went just 
>> to you.
>>
>> No. Whoever is spamming the list has joined it and is sending spam to
>> those who post to the list. (Probably with a script)
>> This person should be banned. Who is the Admin for this list?
>>
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > On 6/11/07, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Is any one else getting this spam garbage when they post to this 
>> list?
>> > > This looks like someone is running a script to spam the k12osn list.
>> > > (Grrrr!!!)
>> > >
>> > > I have deleted the addresses and replaced them with ---------- 
>> deliberately.
>> > >
>> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > > From: -----------------------------------------
>> > > Date: Jun 11, 2007 11:30 AM
>> > > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] should 'yum install fl_teachertool' actually 
>> install the
>> > > To: robark at gmail.com
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Robert
>> > >
>> > >  You sent me an email on 11 June
>> > >
>> > >  To confirm you are not a spam robot, please choose
>> > >  any one of the three options below. If you do not, your
>> > >  email will not be delivered to me.
>> > >
>> > >  EITHER
>> > >  1. Click on the link below.
>> > >  (This does not work if a firewall prevents your clicking
>> > >  on an email link. You can always copy the link below and
>> > >  paste it into a browser as an alternative).
>> > > -----------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > >  OR
>> > >  2. Send an email to the unique address below
>> > >  (Send an email to the address below. There is no need
>> > >  to type anything, either in the subject
>> > >  box or the text itself. The email address below contains
>> > >  everything needed for the validation.)
>> > > -----------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > >  WARNING! DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.
>> > >  (If you try to reply to this email, the unique
>> > >  email address below will not be used and your
>> > >  validation will fail.)
>> > >
>> > >  OR
>> > >  3. Call me.
>> > >  (If you are not comfortable with either 1 or 2 above,
>> > >  let me know by phone to add your email address manually
>> > >  to my whitelist).
>> > >
>> > >  When you have done any one of the three options above, this
>> > >  and all future emails addressed below will pass directly
>> > >  through my anti-spam filter:
>> > >  To : k12osn at redhat.com
>> > >  >From : robark at gmail.com
>> > >
>> > >  Until then, I will get no emails you send.
>> > >
>> > >  With thanks for your help
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Robert Arkiletian
>> > > Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
>> > > Fl_TeacherTool http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/
>> > > C++ GUI tutorial http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/
>> > >
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>>
>> -- 
>> Robert Arkiletian
>> Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
>> Fl_TeacherTool http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/
>> C++ GUI tutorial http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/
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