[Koha] spammers using the list

[Fred King]

(Sorry for the late reply.)

I got one of those too, complete with NSFW pictures, so you're not alone
Elaine. I've noticed an increase in spam lately on several of my e-mail
accounts, and on medlib-l, the medical librarians' list. Apparently a lot
of people with AOL accounts who access them via smartphone have had their
address books hacked in recent weeks--I got two messages last week from
hacked accounts. That's not what's going on here, but I'm afraid it's part
of a wider trend.

--Fred, who remembers BITNet, gophers, and the Canter and Siegel Usenet
debacle
kohauser (at) phred.us

> On 2014-04-23 12:16, Elaine Bradtke wrote:
>> I first noticed this on Monday 21 April.  I'm getting sleazy spam
>> (complete
>> with pictures) addressed to me, using the subject line of messages
>> that
>> I've sent to Koha.  the last one is from jessica01 at securedtexts.com
>> with a
>> link to superiorjob.org/jessica
>> Because they're using the subject line of my Koha-list posts, they're
>> sneaking in under the usual spam filters.  My IT guru suspects
>> someone has
>> recently signed on to the list for nefarious purposes.
>>
>> Now I'm going to see if they send me another one with this subject
>> line. .
>
> They aren't signed up to the list, at least not with that address, and
> the mail is not going through the list.
> What they appear to be doing is either signed up with another address,
> and replying to all mail, but not through the list.
>
> Or someone who is signed up to the list has had their computer
> compromised, and it is doing spam replies to any mail they receive.
>
> Either way, not a lot we can do about it sorry :(
>
> Chris
>
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