Re: (ET) Spam

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

This is off topic, of course, but perhaps worth mentioning since it 
affects 
list operation and business.

I manage a few other mailing lists and I'm seeing a rapid increase in this 
problem.  Hotmail and Yahoo accounts seem to be most frequently cracked, 
but 
that may be because of their sheer numbers.

The problem seems to be that spammers hammer the account until they guess 
the password.  I have a Yahoo account and have never had it cracked, touch 
wood, maybe because I use a password that isn't in the dictionary and has 
extra weird characters in it.  (Or maybe it's just that I'm an extra weird 
character. ;-)

So, I suggest changing your password to something that is not a name, and 
not a real word.  Include one or more funny characters if you can.  Note 
that the spammers compensate for the kids' cute misspellings (3 for E, @ 
for 
A and so on) so those won't work.  Be creative and you should be safe.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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