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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:13:57 -0800
From:	"Robert Blair" <SCOUG-HELP-2lvvuss@listemail.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Skye curious about list security

** Reply to message from Peter Skye on Thu, 10 Jan 2008
19:06:42 -0800

> > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:51:42 -0800, Peter Skye wrote:
> > >Serious question: How did Tiffany get onto the list so "she" could send
> > >this message?
>
> Jon Harrison wrote:
> > Not seen here. Maybe it only came to your computer?
>
> Jon, do you have a spam filter on the SCOUG list? I have
> mine _after_ the list so I don't have any false positives
> (in other words I've "white listed" everything from the
> SCOUG list); if your spam filter is _before_ the list then
> the list message may have gone to your junk mail folder.

My spam filters are after the email has been downloaded. I do have spam from
Tiffany but none of it came through the scoug server.

> The message definitely went to the list, and a second one
> came through on Wednesday. The two headers are below.
> (My Junk Spy tagged the first one but not the second one
> - see the first header for the junk string.)

I do not think they came from a scoug email list. You do have a scoug email
address (peter-at-scoug-dot-com) which is a good bet that that is where you got
the spam. If you still think it was through a scoug email list then post the
headers of the spam.

> Note that _this_ message contains the "junk mail" trigger
> string (it's in the first header below) which may cause
> some spam filters to tag it, so I'll send a quick second
> message to alert you to check your junk mail folder.

I do not have any spam that contains "junk mail" in the headers.

I do keep spam for a while so I can watch the trends and in case an ISP wants
more information about a spam report I have sent.

--
Robert Blair

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