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Re: request
- To: "Bruce W. Krucke" <bkrucke@awod.com>
- Subject: Re: request
- From: Anne Lurie <ALURIE@nc.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 17:58:00 -0500
- Cc: birds of carolina <carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu>
- References: <06a601c281e8$1db21100$d1618cd0@bkrucke.awod.com>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I know exactly what Bruce is describing -- especially the
no-longer-innocuous headers such as "Hi" (not to mention the recent
"Whips & Chucks" header, which I at least recognized right away!)
I get a lot of email from various genealogy lists, and *most* of them
incorporate the name of the mailing list in the header. For example,
the list for Erie County, PA prefaces *all* headers with "[PAERIE]"
(even the occasional blank header), so I know who (or what list) sent
the message.
NOTE: I do *not* mean to imply that this is any protection from a
virus, as viruses can -- and do -- manage to attach themselves to
messages from such a mailing list. I will, say, however, that I haven't
ever been able to trace spam back to a mailing list, and all the
listowners have been very conscientious, just as on Carolinabirds.
Just my $.02 worth [and just when did that "cent" key disappear from my
keyboard, anyhow? :) ]
Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC
"Bruce W. Krucke" wrote:
>
> With all the viruses, scams, spam, and spyware out there, would it be
> possible for those sending to this list to use 'bird' in the subject line
> unless it's obvious already like the name of a bird or a place. Many of us
> don't know everyone or their addresses by heart and are afraid to open
> something from someone we don't recognize. Even just a BC or a CB would be
> reassuring. Thanks.
> Bruce Krucke
> Yonges Island