Re: Spam Issues (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Bob clearly doesn't understand how spam works.  The only reason
"http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~elections"; came to be a spam target is because
spammers do https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_harvest_attack , not
because of Election Buddy.

And, btw, it isn't only election buddy which sends messages to
"http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~elections";.  I think you'll have to check your "Trash"
folder for "http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~elections"; messages every so often.

Nevertheless, we can check the privacy options of electionbuddy.com when
you find some time.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 13:42:46 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > Date: Sat, 01 May 2021 16:15:04 -0400
 >  > From: Jeff Gale <http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~jeff.gale>
 >  > To: Bob Gulino <http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~bob.gulino>
 >  > Cc: Board of Directors <http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~board>
 >  > 
 >  > Bob -
 >  > 
 >  > Thanks for looking into this.
 >  > 
 >  > The only spam emails that I've been seeing recently are from 
 >  > "Aleksandr".  These emails are prefixed with "***SPAM***" in the 
 >  > subject.  Unfortunately "Aleksandr" does not always use the same email 
 >  > address, it plugs-in different numbers where the "#" variables are in 
 >  > "info@s##.starcom-pvl.ru".
 >  > 
 >  > Can you block email addresses with variables, or do you have to 
 >  > explicitly list every single specific email address?
 >  > 
 >  > Or, can you direct emails marked as spam "***SPAM***" to the Junk 
 >  > folder?  I've looked for a setting in the Roundcube Webmail email 
 >  > interface to do this; however, I've not found anything.
 >  > 
 >  > I'm not going to click on the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of these 
 >  > emails from "Aleksandr" as I don't trust the emails to start with.
 >  > 
 >  > Cheers,
 >  > Jeff
 >  > Board of Directors
 >  > 
 >  > Mobile: (408) 799-0500 [1]
 >  > 
 >  > Unumhum Brewing
 >  > _Ca's First Co-op Brewery_
 >  > 
 >  > On 2021-05-01 15:18, Bob Gulino wrote:
 >  > 
 >  > > Hello, Everyone,
 >  > > 
 >  > > Some of you may have noticed a recent uptick in the number of spam 
 >  > > email messages in your Unumhum Brewing inbox. (In addition to notes 
 >  > > from Alexander, "Terminix Affiliate" and "MeetAsianLady" seem to be 
 >  > > quite popular.)
 >  > > 
 >  > > It seems that most (probably 90-90%) of these messages are being sent 
 >  > > to http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~elections.
 >  > > 
 >  > > Noelle, could you please check the privacy settings for our account at 
 >  > > Election Buddy? This is the only account that I can think of that 
 >  > > should be using this address, so I suspect that Election Buddy is the 
 >  > > culprit. It may be too late to eliminate the damage of this email 
 >  > > address already getting into the hands of the spam bots, but this may 
 >  > > help mitigate further spread.
 >  > > 
 >  > > In parallel, I will be adjusting the spam filters and blockers for this 
 >  > > email address on the server side to minimize the arrival of these spam 
 >  > > messages in our inbox. These adjustments may or may not affect needed 
 >  > > messages, so these filters will be to be monitored to check 
 >  > > performance. Also, I should be able to add Election Buddy to the "white 
 >  > > list," so messages from that service should be OK.
 >  > > 
 >  > > Cheers,
 >  > > Bob