[Anyone else snowed in here in DC? We seem to have about a foot so far, and it shows no immediate signs of stopping. (Sledding in Rock Creek? Hmm.) --Declan] --- To: declanat_private Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 04:09:55 -0500 From: "Ethan Lindsey" <ethan.lindsey8at_private> Subject: funky DOD email snafu Declan -- Don't know if you'd be interested, but in a somewhat less malicious attack on the DOD...I am on the DOD's daily email schedule listserv, as well as the DOD press release listserv, and today it seems somebody found a way to use the list for their own spam. And the first response back was an Out-of-the-office autoreply from what appears to be an IBM consultant that administers the listserv. Then, surprisingly, every subscriber was able to send email to the list that would be forwarded to all other subscribers -- a feature I would be reasonably sure the Pentagon would have disabled.....anyways, heres the messages so far, in chronological order, for kicks: Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 22:17:58 +0100 From: Polyglots - Paz <pazat_private> Subject: Book publishing - help offered / Bokutgivning To: DODNEWS-Lat_private Reply To: DODNEWS-L-requestat_private NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense Message in English and Swedish Meddelande på svenska och engelska ENGLISH: Are you a writer? Are you an aspiring writer? Have you written a book-length manuscript? If you are interested in genuine help in publishing your book in the ORIGINAL LANGUAGE and simultaneous translations, potentially at no cost to you, contact us. Small publishers are also invited to cooperate. Contact: U. Paz (Mr.) pazat_private sites: www.thepolyglots.com www.multilingual-publishing.com SVENSKA: Är du en författare? Är du en blivande författare? Har du skrivit ett bokmanuskript? Om du är intresserad av att publicera din bok på originalspråket samt simultanöversättningar, eventuellt till inga kostnader för din del, kontakta oss. Även mindre förlag är inbjudna för samarbete. Kontakta: U. Paz (Mr.) pazat_private sites: www.thepolyglots.com www.multilingual-publishing.com -- News Releases: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/releases.html -- DoD news: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html#e-mail -- Today in DoD: http://www.defenselink.mil/today --------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 16:44:37 -0500 From: Linda N Marshall <lindamarat_private> Subject: Linda N Marshall/Bethesda/IBM is out of the office. To: DODNEWS-Lat_private Reply To: DODNEWS-L-requestat_private NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense I will be out of the office starting February 14, 2003 and will not return until February 17, 2003. I will respond to your message when I return. -- News Releases: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/releases.html -- DoD news: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html#e-mail -- Today in DoD: http://www.defenselink.mil/today ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 17:08:42 -0500 From: Alex & Babs <AlexnBabsat_private> Subject: Re: Book publishing - help offered / Bokutgivning To: DODNEWS-Lat_private Reply To: DODNEWS-L-requestat_private NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense WTFO? This seems like spam/junk solicitation. This is not why I subscribe to your service. ----- Original Message Deleted----- -------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 17:26:27 -0500 From: "Poblete, Jason I." <JPobleteat_private> Subject: Re: Book publishing - help offered / Bokutgivning To: DODNEWS-Lat_private Reply To: DODNEWS-L-requestat_private NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense Ditto, we are also not allowed to respond, usually, to all users this way. Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 17:29:58 -0500 From: Dustin Clark <Dustinat_private> Subject: Re: Book publishing - help offered / Bokutgivning To: DODNEWS-Lat_private Reply To: DODNEWS-L-requestat_private Seems highly suspect to me _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q\clan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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