Anyone else getting these? Fw: Returned mail: User unknown

Paul K. Dean wb9hgz at charlottesville.net
Tue May 28 22:18:39 EDT 2002


Interesting that you mention that.... the Heath list often gets "spam" from
sex sites as well as the "let me deposit 7 million dollars in your bank
account and you can keep 2 million" sorts of messages.   One in particular
has a huge recipient list and it's all "Heath" @ various ISP addresses.  No
idea where or how they get all these addresses!!

Anyway, as moderator, I get to see and reject all of them (and, no, I don't
respond or click on the links!!).  Actually, the list software rejects
posts made by senders who are not members, so these messages would
generally not get through regardless of list moderator action as these
spammers don't usually sign up as list members!  (Something perhaps of a
bug, I'd say, that the software presents them to the moderator, though.)

Strange world, that internet.  :)

At 08:09 PM 5/28/02 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>I too got a whole bunch of emails "returned" to me that I never sent. All
>were from sex sites, so I know it had nothing to do with this list. I
>installed Norton Internet Security (especially necessary since I have
>"always on" broadband) and immediately started seeing alerts about Trojan
>Horses and other programs that attempt to hack into your computer. Here's a
>typical message:
>
>"Security Alerts appear when someone attempts to access your computer. It
>may be a hacker or someone on your own network...This alert is warning you
>about a possible remote access Trojan horse program. A Trojan horse program
>masquerades as a legitimate program and damages or compromises the security
>of your computer. Some Trojan horse programs perform malicious actions on
>the computer on which they are run, while others, such as Back Orifice,
>provide remote-control capabilities for hackers. © 1999-2001 Symantec
>Corporation. All rights reserved."
>
>The alerts are usually regarding a "Backdoor/SubSeven" attack, but Norton
>protects against 64 backdoor attacks, as well as scanning your ingoing and
>outgoing mail for viruses (it has already found several that way) and lots
>of other stuff. I highly recommend Norton's Internet Security program if you
>have broadband. That $100 might be the difference between having a working
>computer and having a pile of useless silicon.
>
>Brian, W0DZ
>
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