[nfb-talk] Fw: thought you'd enjoy this/Reply--a warning

[Mike Freeman]

That's why I still don't like email in the cloud!

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 11:59 AM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fw: thought you'd enjoy this/Reply--a warning

Thought I'd chime in with my thoughts.  Just because you have your own 
domain doesn't mean at all that your safe from spammers.  Also, I don't 
see how a static IP would help with that either.  That means the address 
never changes.  If they figure out the password into your account, 
regardless of if it's a domain or if it is hosted by yahoo or gmail or 
whoever you use, anyone can send out emails using your email address.  
All they need is a password, and access to the hosting providers website 
to log in and send it via webmail, or if they have the settings onhand, 
enter them into Thunderbird/outlook and their you go, instant access to 
your emails, and they can send out.  I also fail to see how a shell 
would help either, as that all depends on how locked down your shell 
is.  I don't know how knowledgable you are with linux, so I won't say 
anything, because you may know more than I do, but a strong password is 
a good place to start.  In regards to the scammers deleting all of your 
emails, they got access to the account, logged in, and deleted them 
all.  No mystery their.  That's why whenever I'm done reading my emails, 
if I need to save something, it goes into a notepad window, and into my 
documents folder, or onto a jump drive for later use, and everything 
else gets deleted.  This is mainly because what I get is of no 
importance for me to keep.
Mike.

On 12/2/2012 10:02 AM, Jack and Becky wrote:
> Well folks!
> Have got to say though I'm VERY SORRY this lady lost all of her files 
> and email you do get what as pay for.  Which in yahoos case is 
> absolutely nothing!
> What I have done is register my own domain.  Costs 12 bucks a month 
> with dedicated IP.  That way no spammers get me And you can usually 
> have as many e-mail accounts as you want.  Lot of good reasons for 
> doing things this way.  I even have my own shell, and unlimited disk 
> space.
> Best Regards
> Jack Zee and Becky
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com
>> To: "sandy meskys" <smeskys at roadrunner.com>, 
> <trufen at yahoogroups.com>,<fmzfen at yahoogroups.com>,"NESFA Open Mailing 
> List" <nesfa-open at lists.nesfa.org
>> Date sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 07:55:49 -0500
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Fw: thought you'd enjoy this/Reply--a warning
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bonnie Callahan
>> To: Ed Meskys
>> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 7:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: thought you'd enjoy this/Reply--a warning
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>> Hi Ed,
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>> Glad you sent this, as we experienced a particularly nasty hack 
> on Thanksgiving.
>
>> The scam/spam/scummer attacked our Yahoo account, which we have 
> had since 2006.
>> The creep used our contacts to send out a totally lame "HELP we 
> are stuck in London
>> bereft of funds and need YOU to send us monies to get HOME!!!"
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>> They then somehow deleted all of our stored Emails, drafts, 
> contacts ,folders with messages
>> we had saved since early 2006.  And Yahoo said they had nothing 
> in the way of backup and could not
>> restore them.  I lost all of my Fandom files!!! Yeah I should 
> have printed every one of them out--
>> didn't have time---
>> but nothing I had read about (nor did any of my computer mavens 
> know of) indicated
>> that the scammers could do this!!!
>
>> Pls warn Fandom of this scam-scummer.  Does this mean we need to 
> save EVERYTHING into the
>> increasingly unusable Microsoft Word or print out? I am now 
> saving my simpler messages into
>> Windows Notepad.  Can't save everything anymore, it is becoming 
> so cumbersome.
>
>> Thanks, as I would not have had your Email anymore--but you sent 
> messages so I could
>> reinstate your address...just praying the scum doesn't hit again 
> before I can move to a
>> safer "domain".
>
>> Blessings to you and Sandy and the critters, Bonnie
>
>
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>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
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>> From: Ed Meskys <edmeskys at roadrunner.com
>> To: Undisclosed-Recipient at yahoo.com
>> Sent: Sat, December 1, 2012 12:47:44 PM
>> Subject: Fw: thought you'd enjoy this
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> To: sandy meskys ; Ed Meskys
>> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 8:48 AM
>> Subject: FW: thought you'd enjoy this
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