Spam & Viruses, was RE: [LbNA] Attn: Bill/Craig of Hike it Bike It fame

From: kbee (kbee@midtown.net) | Date: 2004-06-07 06:43:11 UTC-07:00

Techie note. There are several viruses around that harvest email addresses,
and then send out messages, originally from another source, under someone
else's email ID. What this means in practice is that the viruses most likely
came from someone/where else. (This is why "reply" messages won't work. That
address has gone through several layers of bogus sender IDs.) The only
solution is to work with a reliable virus scanning software. Your ISP may be
able to ID and filter out these sorts of messages as well. (Mine sends
suspicious stuff to a separate "spambox" which I can review before deleting
the messages.) My day job (when I can't go out and play) is web development
for a government agency. Our email addresses are publically available, so we
receive numerous messages and responses of this type.

Kell

Sacramento, CA

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From: Steve and Heidi [mailto:stephenholyfield@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 4:48 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Attn: Bill/Craig of Hike it Bike It fame

Sorry for tying up space on the list, but:

I tried email privately with no avail...apparently the messages did
not go through. Please check you computer as it sends us messages
daily that are overrun with viruses.

-Steve and Heidi

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Re: Spam & Viruses, was RE: [LbNA] Attn: Bill/Craig of Hike it Bike It fame

From: Steve and Heidi (stephenholyfield@sbcglobal.net) | Date: 2004-06-07 14:50:15 UTC

Thanks for the tips! We were not sure if this is a layered email or
if it was an actual problem with a virus on the sender's
computer...if it had been the later we wanted to bring it to their
attention.

We see a lot of spam on our incoming mail however yahoo is pretty
decent at filtering it and not letting you download items until they
are scanned and deemed "clean". We've also noticed the spam go
through the roof as moderators, as anything that gets sent to the
list-owner email goes to all the moderators.

-Steve, Heidi and Madras

Re: Spam & Viruses, was RE: [LbNA] Attn: Bill/Craig of Hike it Bike It fame

From: haalck (haalck@snet.net) | Date: 2004-06-07 23:00:21 UTC

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Steve and Heidi"
wrote:
> Thanks for the tips! We were not sure if this is a layered email
or
> if it was an actual problem with a virus on the sender's
> computer...

Steve & Heidi,
I scanned my computer and found no virus's. My virusware updates
everytime I log on so it's probably from another source. Thanks for
the message however.
Bill & Craig