[TowerTalk] Raunchy pictures yet again

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I recall hearing people talk about these but I never got them as I typically read the news...

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On Apr 30, 2014, at 4:07 PM, "john at kk9a.com" <john at kk9a.com> wrote:

> On March 20 I complained directly to K7LXC about receiving porn towertalk
> emails.
> 
> John KK9A
> 
> To:    Towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:  Re: [TowerTalk] Raunchy pictures yet again
> From:     "Gary Smith" <Gary at ka1j.com>
> 
> Date:     Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:20:31 -0400
> 
> My two centavos,
> 
> As has been mentioned, the only way people have gotten these from
> this list is after posting. Apparently this is a relatively new
> experience and I only got mine (two of them) after I posted about
> using Spambayes as a spam filter.
> 
> Since this is new and only happens after somebody posts, my thought
> is someone new to the list was either a spammer or a web spider
> designed to search for various forums to join into. When someone
> posts, that email is received by all the members including the
> newcomer who has probably never posted. When they get that post,
> their software then sends out the photos of the pretty girls to that
> address only.
> 
> If I'm correct on this then the first person who got emails from this
> spamer got them just after that spamer signed up. So who was the
> first to get the SPAM? If that person can be identified then it's a
> pretty safe bet that working by the timeline for who joined up, you
> can find the spammer. Especially if its someone who has not yet
> posted to the list.
> 
> Maybe the list manager has access to this timeline data. The first IO
> remember hearing of it was from Scott, N1CX who mentioned getting one
> at:
> Subject:        Re: [TowerTalk] Keeping antennas straight
> Date sent:      Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:19:44 -0400
> 
> If someone got one before that and didn't mention it, that would help
> narrow the time line to find the address the spammer used and cut
> them off.
> 
> Gary,
> 
> KA1J
> 
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