Say, who is *lists@friendface.ca lists@friendface.ca*? A proper identity would be nice, since we all know each other on this MUUG forum.
Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331
On 27 April 2015 at 07:37, lists@friendface.ca lists@friendface.ca wrote:
I also have vendor specific addresses setup on my domain including Manitoba Hydro, I have received 0 spam on that address since it was setup about 1 year ago.
On 15-04-26 12:44 PM, Hartmut W Sager wrote:
I too have been using vendor-specific "from" addresses on my on domains for a long time (e.g., hws-sobeys@marityme.net), albeit for a different reason - to easily get rid of "subscriptions" if a vendor doesn't want to honour an unsubscribe request (all I do then is delete the vendor-specific "from" address).
Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331On 25 April 2015 at 19:40, Bradford C. Vokey brad@fsi.ca wrote:
Trevor Cordes (and myself) use vendor specific email addresses when we sign up for services (it's easy when you control your own domain).
Manitoba Hydro sends me email to 'manitobahydro@yourowndomain.com' Shaw send me email to 'shaw@yourowndomain.com' ...etc...
For several months now, both Trevor and myself have noticed spammers using our Manitoba Hydro vendor specific email addresses.
So how (and when) did Manitoba Hydro get their email accounts list hacked?
If so, what else got hacked? Our per-authorized Debit information?!?
If not, then did they actually sell their email accounts lists to spam lists?
I can see spammers sending generic *names* to various domains (ie. trevor@yourowndomain.com or brad@yourowndomain.com) but I can not see spammers sending 'manitobahydro' to various domains without some per-initializing from somewhere.
Just my rant for the week/day/hour...
...P.S. If anyone wants to meet some desperate Russian chick feel free to believe in the spam...
=== Bradford C. Vokey
Treasurer Manitoba Unix User Group ===
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Allow me to introduce ... to you. Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:14:40 +0300 From: mstanton@packeteer.com To: manitobahydro@fsi.ca
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