[Koha] List compromised?

[Phillip Ponchot]

I've just received the second email of this nature.  When I look into a mirror it cracks and at 65 just getting up is a chore.  I ask my wife if I could reply to the email but she said no!  

We're being spammed, brother!


Phillip

> From: robin at catalyst.net.nz
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:47:36 +1200
> Subject: Re: [Koha] List compromised?
> 
> Paul A schreef op do 10-07-2014 om 14:06 [-0400]:
> > I'm flattered -- coming up 75 and uglier than sin -- but just
> > wondering if 
> > it's only happening to me?
> 
> It's definitely a thing that happens. All they need to do is subscribe
> an address to the list, and have a bot reply to everything.
> 
> Short of screening every single email address (which wouldn't be
> impossible, but a bit of work*), we can't tell what the subscribed
> address is. This is maybe something that is reaching the point of worth
> doing however.
> 
> (* send a "testing, please don't reply" message to every address on the
> list with a custom 'from' address that maps to every destination
> address, and when you get the spam reply, you know where it came from
> and you can kick them.)
> 
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> Robin Sheat
> Catalyst IT Ltd.
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