I for one was just asking WHY it is allowed to remain on the board, and it actually still remains.
Regardless if it comes from a legitimate, albeit hacked, address, it is still potentially dangerous spam.
Dale obviously knows the situation yet both posts remain up on the board.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, subprong <subprong@...> wrote:
>
> Much agreed. This group rarely sees any type of spam. There's no reason
> to jump up, pump your fists and go bat crap crazy when you see one spam
> message come through out of about a thousand. It's annoying but you simply
> delete it and move on. If you're going nuts over one spam message (and
> resending the spam link in the process of your response), then you probably
> need to get in control of your own life and actions and impulses before
> trying to dictate what a group or moderator needs to do.
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Dale S <dalu@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Tara:
> > I've caught a few that were just as you described and the steps you
> > mention were taken. I however did not see the need for the ire that was
> > expressed, especially since it came from a relatively new member to the
> > group.
> >
> > Dale in the Flat Lands:
> >
> > The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it; but in the end, there it is.
> > ~Winston Churchill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > tlmajs@... wrote:
> >
> > The addy "alfredjamesthomas AT yahoo DOT com" has been hacked. The individual is a legitimate member that perhaps posts rarely...and more than likely may not even be aware the addy is being used... It happens all too often.
> > Once off moderation everything goes to the list...On other lists mods have been sending "courtesy" private message to the individual and adding moderation has solved the problem.
> >
> > Tara
> > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
> >
> >
> >
>
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