SPAM and Courtesy

Tue Mar 22 09:36:32 EDT 2016

Well said Bruce. 
Jim Brewer 

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Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 8:40:31 AM 
Subject: SPAM and Courtesy 

So far, I wouldn't call this a stellar week on what is usually a friendly and useful list. 

A member is trying to tap into the vast knowledge that is collected in this group, to ID some locations in a video he wants to maintain control of. He thought sharing it via ubiquitous YouTube would be the best way to reach members with a common platform. But negotiating the pitfalls of access control didn't work. Instead of offering suggestions on how to fix the problem or other sharing sites that might work, he was yelled at multiple times, "It's private. What a waste of time!" Wonder if he'll try again? 

Then we received a message from someone whose account was hacked and used to send spam far and wide. It is good to question the validity of a questionable link, but PLEASE don't include the link in the message. All that does is continue to perpetuate it across the internet, as it is shared across systems and subscribers and for some, take it out of the context of the original spam message. 

In any case, if you aren't sure about a link, DON'T CLICK IT! If you really want to confirm if it is legitimate, email the sender directly and ask if the message is safe and correct. More often that not, when there are multiple recipients along with this list, someone's account was compromised and their entire list of contacts was added to the spam message. Probably the best course is to just move along and let the moderators purge the message. 

Have a great rest of the week. 

Bruce in Blacksburg 
Virginia Tech Webmaster 

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