Hi all
Below is an email I've just received inviting me to join the Gender Gap mailing list. It's sent from russiaviation@gmail.com and has been passing off as me.
I mentioned on the Gender Gap mailing list the other day that this was not me, but now it would appear that email addresses on this mailing list are being scraped.
If you receive an email purporting to be from myself and it's not from this email addy (and with an IINET IP), you can be assured it is not myself. If I wanted to troll you all, you all know that I have more elaborate ways of doing this if I really wanted to do that. :)
It could appear from the message they sent it is our Indian friend who is doing this; but of course it could be someone joe jobbing them too. Who knows, who cares, it's not me all the same.
Cheers
Russavia
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Russavia (Google Groups) gender-gap+noreply@googlegroups.com Date: Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 1:08 AM Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to Gender Gap To: russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com
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* Russavia wrote:
I mentioned on the Gender Gap mailing list the other day that this was not me, but now it would appear that email addresses on this mailing list are being scraped.
Whoever controls that list added the address in my From and my signature which pretty clearly suggests use of some address extraction tool, yes.
For the record, about an hour ago I permanently banned Site Admin, going so far as to create regex filters for his content. And no, Russavia, I didn't think it was you.
Unfortunately, I can't do anything about the individual subscriptions—yes, I got one too.
Austin
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Russavia russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all
Below is an email I've just received inviting me to join the Gender Gap mailing list. It's sent from russiaviation@gmail.com and has been passing off as me.
I mentioned on the Gender Gap mailing list the other day that this was not me, but now it would appear that email addresses on this mailing list are being scraped.
If you receive an email purporting to be from myself and it's not from this email addy (and with an IINET IP), you can be assured it is not myself. If I wanted to troll you all, you all know that I have more elaborate ways of doing this if I really wanted to do that. :)
It could appear from the message they sent it is our Indian friend who is doing this; but of course it could be someone joe jobbing them too. Who knows, who cares, it's not me all the same.
Cheers
Russavia
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Russavia (Google Groups) gender-gap+noreply@googlegroups.com Date: Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 1:08 AM Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to Gender Gap To: russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com
"Gender-Gap International" spreading Transparency and WikiLove
I regret that XYZ has thought it necessary to bring his/her personal grievance to the Wikimedia-l mailing list now that s/he is unable to make such comments on the Wikimedia-XYZ list or the WM-XYZ website. I would hope that the moderators will consider whether providing a platform for this type of attack is conducive to the health of the Wikimedia movement. ___________ Michael Maggs Chair, Wikimedia UK
About this group:
Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the participation of women within Wikimedia projects. We want to encourage you to engage with others in this effort. The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email", meaning that you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group as they are posted. Visit This Group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/gender-gap?hl=en [image: Visit Google Groups] https://groups.google.com/?hl=en
Start your own group http://groups.google.com/d/creategroup?hl=en, unsubscribe from this group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/gender-gap/unsubscribe/1KzA4xQAAAAp3EJgqb7qgoVQ1Ojd6d1ig1serHmoKtUOx11h3NXzJA?hl=en, or stop invitations like this http://groups.google.com/d/optout?hl=en. or report spam http://groups.google.com/d/abuse/YQAAAEwZXucMAAAAMHY_I2wAAADPrIBRAUs70uGdiRxE_60cAW3p5LQ?hl=en. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
I reported the group for spamming. Adding me and others without our consent and sending unsolicited emails must be stopped somehow.
Regards, Thyge
2014-12-05 22:12 GMT+01:00 Austin Hair adhair@gmail.com:
For the record, about an hour ago I permanently banned Site Admin, going so far as to create regex filters for his content. And no, Russavia, I didn't think it was you.
Unfortunately, I can't do anything about the individual subscriptions—yes, I got one too.
Austin
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Russavia russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all
Below is an email I've just received inviting me to join the Gender Gap mailing list. It's sent from russiaviation@gmail.com and has been
passing
off as me.
I mentioned on the Gender Gap mailing list the other day that this was
not
me, but now it would appear that email addresses on this mailing list are being scraped.
If you receive an email purporting to be from myself and it's not from
this
email addy (and with an IINET IP), you can be assured it is not myself.
If
I wanted to troll you all, you all know that I have more elaborate ways
of
doing this if I really wanted to do that. :)
It could appear from the message they sent it is our Indian friend who is doing this; but of course it could be someone joe jobbing them too. Who knows, who cares, it's not me all the same.
Cheers
Russavia
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Russavia (Google Groups) gender-gap+noreply@googlegroups.com Date: Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 1:08 AM Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to Gender Gap To: russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com
"Gender-Gap International" spreading Transparency and WikiLove
I regret that XYZ has thought it necessary to bring his/her personal grievance to the Wikimedia-l mailing list now that s/he is unable to make such comments on the Wikimedia-XYZ list or the WM-XYZ website. I would
hope
that the moderators will consider whether providing a platform for this type of attack is conducive to the health of the Wikimedia movement. ___________ Michael Maggs Chair, Wikimedia UK
About this group:
Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the participation of women within Wikimedia projects. We want to encourage you to engage
with
others in this effort. The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email", meaning that you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group
as
they are posted. Visit This Group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/gender-gap?hl=en [image: Visit Google Groups] https://groups.google.com/?hl=en
Start your own group http://groups.google.com/d/creategroup?hl=en, unsubscribe from this group <
http://groups.google.com/d/forum/gender-gap/unsubscribe/1KzA4xQAAAAp3EJgqb7q...
, or stop invitations like this http://groups.google.com/d/optout?hl=en. or report spam <
http://groups.google.com/d/abuse/YQAAAEwZXucMAAAAMHY_I2wAAADPrIBRAUs70uGdiRx...
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On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 10:26:19PM +0100, Thyge wrote:
I reported the group for spamming. Adding me and others without our consent and sending unsolicited emails must be stopped somehow.
Idem here. Was listed, unsubscribed, reported for spamming.
sincerely, Kim Bruning
On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 01:22:00AM +0800, Russavia wrote:
Hi all
If you receive an email purporting to be from myself and it's not from this email addy (and with an IINET IP), you can be assured it is not myself.
Glad to hear it wasn't you!
If I wanted to troll you all, you all know that I have more elaborate ways of doing this if I really wanted to do that. :)
Yes, indeed you do. :-P
sincerely Kim
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