[SAC] [OSGeo] #1532: getting spam sexual e-mail which seems to be replies from osgeo-conf or board

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Wed Aug 26 10:15:00 PDT 2015


#1532: getting spam sexual e-mail which seems to be replies from osgeo-conf or
board
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 Reporter:  bartvde        |       Owner:  sac@…
     Type:  task           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:
Component:  Systems Admin  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by EliL):

 Replying to [comment:3 warmerdam]:
 > Bart,
 >
 > I'm not seeing any sign of someone from loverhearts.com signed up to
 this list.  I'm not sure about how to do a cross-list search.  The email
 headers don't seem to suggest the email went through OSGeo mail servers,
 so it would appear they are just doing a minimal masquerade as being from
 our list by spoofing the subject line.
 >
 > I'm not sure that we can do anything about this.

 Is the list of subscribers an appropriate number?  I would expect both the
 Board and Conference list to have fewer than 200 members, most of which
 would be recognizable email addresses.  And probably not too many recent
 subscription joins.

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