[CQ-Contest] onslaught of spam via my arrl.net email address

Tue Jul 2 11:47:05 EDT 2019

ARRL.NET is excluisvely an email forwarding service.  The spam filter on
your destination email service should catch the spam.  My arrl.net address
forwards to a gmail account. Google captures the spam.  Insofar as I can
tell, no filter is needed at a forwarding service such as this , and would
be redundant.

73, Dave K3ZJ

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 10:49 AM Keith Dutson <kdutson at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Wonder why you get all the spam.  I receive zero spam from ARRL.
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of
> contesting at w2irt.net
> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2019 9:08 PM
> To: 'Barry' <w2up at comcast.net>; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] onslaught of spam via my arrl.net email address
>
> I gave up on forwarders many years ago for this precise reason. The
> League's forwarder is horrible in that regard and for every wanted email I
> got easily 500 spams. I have my callsign as a domain now and created
> several IMAP mailboxes for different aspects of the hobby (contesting,
> mailing lists, DX alerts, etc) and I find that to be far better, since my
> ISP does an excellent job at filtering out junk.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> GO FRC!
> Peter, W2IRT
>
> www.facebook.com/W2IRT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Barry
> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 7:40 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] onslaught of spam via my arrl.net email address
>
> I emailed the League, at Ria's suggestion via PM, and got this response:
>
> Dear Barry:
> I am sorry to hear your .net email has been targeted and understand how
> aggravating this can be. However, the reason you are receiving these emails
> is because the sender has not been flagged as a known spammer. I would also
> like to point out this is not specific to your ARRL.net email address.
> Phishing and spamming emails are known tactics for people and organizations
> looking to obtain personal information. I would first point you to the ARRL
> Privacy Policy
> (http://www.arrl.org/privacy-policy) where section 2 states what data is
> shared and with who we share it. So, just as the USPS doesn’t open your
> mail, we do not look at the contents of an email forwarded through our
> system.
>
> Second, there are many ways phishing, spamming, or junk email senders
> could have gotten their hands on your email address. Here are some of the
> more common ways they do; • Compromised Email (You or someone you have
> emailed had their inbox compromised in one way or another and your address
> was there.) • Mailing Lists (Signing up for some promotions allows those
> companies to distribute your email address for a revenue kick back.) •
> Trojans or Adware (These two are very common and collect data on your
> system, sending it back out to the developer.)
>
> Your options going forward would be to either; immediately delete emails
> you’ve received from a sender you do not recognize or to cease using the
> ARRL.net email forwarding service.
>
> Regards / 73
>
>
>
> Liz H Karpiej KA1DTU
> Member Services Representative
> ARRL, the National Association for Amateur Radio®
> 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1400 USA
> Tel: Toll Free (US) 1-888-277-5289 or (860) 594-0200
> FAX: (860) 594-0303
> web: www.arrl.org email: ekarpiej at arrl.org
>
>
>
> On 6/28/2019 8:03 PM, rjairam at gmail.com wrote:
> > (Un)fortunately the league does have spam filters for forwards.
> > Sometimes things get caught in them that shouldn’t be. It’s not a
> > comprehensive filter from what I’ve seen. It’s pretty basic.
> >
> > That said, I still list my n2rj at arrl.net <mailto:n2rj at arrl.net> and
> > n2rj at arrl.org <mailto:n2rj at arrl.org> addresses for public listings.
> >
> > Ria
> > N2RJ
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 9:49 PM Sterling Mann <kawfey at gmail.com
> > <mailto:kawfey at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I got a barrage as well but my gmail spam filter has caught all of
> it.
> >     Since it's a public email address I expect to receive lots of spam
> >     and I
> >     have my email rules set up to manage it well. I'd rather it be in my
> >     control rather than ARRL because several @yahoo email domains
> >     among others
> >     get caught in spam, and I want to see that in my own spam folder
> >     rather
> >     than have them block it before I ever see it.
> >
> >     -Sterling N0SSC
> >
> >     On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 8:34 AM Barry <w2up at comcast.net
> >     <mailto:w2up at comcast.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     > In the last few days, I've gotten a ton of spam sent to my
> >     callsign at
> >     > arrl.net <http://arrl.net>. Anybody else getting this?  Should I
> >     contact someone at arrl
> >     > about this?
> >     >
> >     > Barry W2UP
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