Re: Spam Issues (fwd)

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

Sounds like a plan.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 19:58:55 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: Bob Gulino <http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~bob.gulino>
 >  > Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 19:56:31 -0700
 >  > 
 >  > Hello, Everyone,
 >  > 
 >  > The spam filters have been adjusted, and messages flagged as spam (with 
 >  > ***SPAM***) will be sent to a different folder (i.e. other than the box). 
 >  > Also, I have added "starcom-pvl.ru <http://starcom-pvl.ru/>" to the server’
 >  > s black list. (Yes, Jeff, we can add a domain to the black list, in addition 
 >  > to individual email addresses.)
 >  > 
 >  > Hopefully, this should reduce the number of spam in our inboxes.
 >  > 
 >  > If you are not on the http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~elections email alias, then you 
 >  > would not have seen some of the other spam email messages below. (If you 
 >  > want to "meet Asian ladies," I could forward you the email messages for that 
 >  > service.)
 >  > 
 >  > Cheers,
 >  > Bob
 >  > 
 >  > > On May 1, 2021, at 1:15 PM, Jeff Gale <http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~jeff.gale> wrote:
 >  > > 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
 >  > > 
 >  > > 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 <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
 >  > >>