Somebody on one of my other lists reported the same but I've had nothing.
They looked up the Who Is address and planned to spam the guy back.
Tina
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Thanks, Chuck. I have even had a few that appeared to be sent by me to me.
> It's kind of hard to blacklist my own address. :~((
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Miscellaneous Junk Mail
>
>
> > Although I get some number of spam messages every day I haven't seen
> > anything like that. But I'm not on the LUG list so maybe that is key.
> > But I'll keep watching.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> > On 6/19/2012 12:11 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> >> A friend who, like me, participates in both the LUG and OM lists,
> >> notified me this morning that he received a commercial mailing from
> >> The Netherlands which showed me as the sender.
> >>
> >> I can picture several scenarios. Since both his name and mine
> >> probably show up in the contact files of dozens of list members, the
> >> source listing could have been harvested from any of us. The routine
> >> could just use address "A" to send their material to address "B".
> >> Or, if my address book has been harvested, they could use my address
> >> as sender, and send their message material to everyone in my address
> >> book. I have no way of knowing what the scheme is, or where it
> >> originated.
> >>
> >> If other list members are receiving unwanted email using my name or
> >> address as the sender, please let me know. It might help me
> >> understand what is taking place.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>
> >
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