[AMRadio] SPAM/Bounces

Mon Oct 18 14:15:19 EDT 2010

In the case of Yahoo email the Yahoo address book is on the Yahoo email 
server, not in your computer.

I still receive email through my Yahoo account but I have erased all the 
addresses in my Yahoo address book. I have not had a problem with Spam from 
my account since I did that. But before I did it I was hit 3 times.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at att.net>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] SPAM/Bounces

> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> Brian is absolutely correct about this.  No major ISP can protect your
> email address book.  What has happened is someone managed to get past
> the firewall (s) and mine the addresses in, either, all or some of the
> accounts held by various ISPs.  The most recent problem has been Yahoo.
>
> For some reason G Mail seems to have a better spam filter than Yahoo and
> AOL and have protected their accounts better.  I suggest anyone who used
> web based mail to get an account with G Mail or another service of your
> choice.  By changing your mail account and disabling the one (s) with
> the problem then change your address in this group.  This is the only
> way I know to stop (or slow) the problem.
>
> This is one reason I don't use web based mail, and if they can do this
> they can read your mail, ask Sarah Palin and others.  I have seen this
> type of problem many times in the past 20 years and it isn't going to go
> away, it is a moving target.  At least my little computer out here in
> the plains of Oklahoma isn't much of a target for these guys.
>
> If we see excessive bounces we will be required to turn your account off
> despite the fact we do not wish to do so.  Please contact your server
> owner where your mail account is located and complain VERY LOUDLY.
>
> 73
>
> Jim/W5JO
> Moderator
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>
>
>> Fact is, YOU won't since you are using Yahoo.  Yahoo and AOL are not
>> paying
>> attention.  It's not just this list, but many, if not all those on
>> qth.comthat are being effected.
>>
>> The problem is that those in the group, who are not using Yahoo or
>> AOL,
>> their ISP's are beginning to block the spam messages from this group
>> as
>> SPAM, and the AMRadio list server will eventually turn their account
>> off due
>> to excessive bounces, and those bounces are due to SPAM.
>>
>> Jim/jo, please chime in here if you will.
>>
>> I am not making this up folks.  I've run this list for many years and
>> I am
>> seeing accounts disabled left and right over the last day or so over
>> this.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Mack Rogers <n4vgb at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've never received any spam that I recognized as coming from a
>>> legitimate
>>> regular user of this email reflector?
>>>
>>> I've used yahoo mail for years with no problems.
>>>
>>> SPAM that seems to originate from a legitimate user may be linked to
>>> those
>>> who use facebook also? In the signup process for facebook you are
>>> allowing
>>> facebook to access your email lists and download all the info
>>> contained
>>> there. Every time someone I know starts a facebook page I receive an
>>> email
>>> announcement of their new facebook page that appears to originate
>>> from them
>>> personally but is actually generated and sent from the facebook
>>> website. My
>>> wife has a facebook page and has suffered the embarrassment of having
>>> her
>>> regular email contacts receive spam that appears to originate from
>>> her.
>>> Facebook has used the lame excuse twice now that someone has hacked
>>> her
>>> account and she has changed her password twice. The excuse is BS, the
>>> spam
>>> originates from facebook itself.
>>>
>>> N4VGB
>>> Mack Rogers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 10/18/10, W5AMI <ars.w5ami at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 12:17 PM
>>> > Those of you that are using Yahoo,
>>> > AOL, and some others, need to complain to
>>> > your provider that hackers are using your email accounts to
>>> > send SPAM
>>> > "through" your address, and it is affecting this email list
>>> > in a bad way.  I
>>> > have no control of this matter now other than suspending
>>> > all those who are
>>> > using those providers.  I know it's not your fault,
>>> > however this has been
>>> > going far too long, and those like Yahoo, and AOL don't
>>> > seem to be in any
>>> > hurry to block these people from using YOUR account.
>>> >
>>> > I can not allow this list to be destroyed after 13 years or
>>> > more due to this
>>> > issue.  Complain to them!  If not, unsubscribe
>>> > and get another email
>>> > provider like Gmail or something and resubscribe with your
>>> > new email
>>> > account.  I'm sorry about this, but it's beyond my
>>> > control.
>>> >
>>> > Brian / w5ami
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Brian Sherrod - A.R.S. W5AMI
>>> > My website: "Arkansas Airwaves" - http://arkansasairwaves.net
>>> > Email : ars.w5ami at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> > "It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty
>>> > and how few by
>>> > deceit".
>
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