Re: Spam - Majordomo- Dan, Edith, Security breach of the list?

[Guest guest]

> , I don't think it is something Yahoo did. I don't get these

> messages when I post on other groups. On the other hand, my

> postings on other groups sometimes bring back replies with viruses

> attached. There are a lot of crazy people out there.

>

> - Dan

I think you're right, and I think we may have a major problem here.

I went to the site, " zinester.com " and it is a legitimate site that

specializes in email mailing list services.

Our emails are being duplicated on this site and a copy sent back to

the poster(us). Other copies are likely being made at the same time.

Our emails are not supposed to be stored on other sites besides Yahoo

so there is a security breach of some kind.

I can only think of few possibilities:

1. Someone has planted a duplicator on this list at Yahoo that is

sending emails to zinester's servers, or Yahoo has contracted with

Zinester to handle part of the traffic. Possibly legit, but also may

be someone using automated snooping of the list who forgot to remove

the automated reply to sender.

2. A server at Zinester has the same IP address as our Yahoo server

and is intercepting our net traffic. This could be some kind of test

setup that some tech at Zinester forgot to remove. A

network " sniffer " at Zinester(or anywhere else on the net) could

easily intercept the traffic. Still a violation of our security.

3. The machine on which these emails are compiled into the list has a

program, cladestine or purposeful, that is duplicating the emails and

sending them to Zinester. Not good, the list security is breached.

4. All of our machines are infected with something that is sending

our posts to Zinester - but only in connection with this list. Since

we are all experiencing it on this list it would have originated on

this list. If all executable attachments are removed by Yahoo, then

this shouldn't be possible.

I think we'd better be careful about sending identifyable information

on this list until we have an answer as to why Zinester is handling

our posts. It may be just technical mistake somewhere or it may be

someone who is collecting the posts.

[Guest guest]

ripplevac wrote:

> I went to the site, " zinester.com " and it is a legitimate site that

> specializes in email mailing list services.

I had another thought. If you continue to receive the Majordomo

stuff, go to Zinester.com at

http://www.zinester.com

then scroll down to the bottom of the page and <press> were it

says 'Spam Abuse', and send an email requesting to be removed

from their mailing list.

- Edith