[ale] OT: SPAM is winning

[Geoffrey]

Scott Castaline wrote:

> One of the ones that I saved has the same exact content as one that I 
> already deleted that had a more legit subject line and from someone that 
> I knew, who would send me something along the lines of the subject. It 
> actually is a scanned in image of a note advertising one of those "No 
> prescription needed for prescription drugs such as Vicodin, Viagra, and 
> a number of others.

Generally, when it appears to come from someone you know, either they 
are infected with a virus that is using their address book, or they are 
in an address book of a machine that is infected.

Note, spammers also will pull groups of emails from public lists like 
ALE and send emails to the group from one of the email addresses in the 
group.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin