Appended below are two spam/virus type messages that
were posted on vpFREE today. I've deleted both from
the message archives.
Both came from the same computer, were dated 29 Nov
2005, and had attachments (that were deleted by Yahoo
because vpFREE doesn't permit attachments).
FWIW, anyone can easily spoof any vpFREE member's
email address and post a message on vpFREE as though
it came from the spoofed member. Since the posts were
from different members and were both sent to vpFREE, it
appears that the spam was intentionally directed at vpFREE.
The only defense that I know of is to moderate the whole
group (which I'm doing now) and shortstop these messages.
Unless/until they become more numerous, I'll only moderate
the group while I'm online.
Please email me privately with any advice or suggestions on
handling this problem.
vpFREE Administrator
------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date sent: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:34:34 -0600
Send reply to: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
I hope the patch works.
++++ Attachment: No Virus found
++++ F-Secure AntiVirus - www.f-secure.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date sent: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:10:53 -0600
Send reply to: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Protected message is attached.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
ยทยทยท
To: vpfree@yahoogroups.com
From: RBerg9999@aol.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Hi
To: vpfree@yahoogroups.com
From: rnkvotava@charter.net
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Mail Authentification