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John Barrs
October 4th, 2011, 05:17 PM
For the moderators among us... 15 messages to declare as spam - that is the
most I have ever seen at one time

JohnnyB

Dodi Schultz
October 4th, 2011, 05:31 PM
John Barrs wrote:
> For the moderators among us... 15 messages to declare as spam - that
> is the most I have ever seen at one time

And my Thunderbird is getting confused. It seems to think that some, but
not all, of the messages from Dixonary "might" be spam. (It didn't
single out the one above.)

—Dodi

Guerri Stevens
October 5th, 2011, 05:44 AM
I am seeing Tbird saying it thinks messages might be an "Email Scam". I
have seen that kind of thing on messages NOT from Dixonary, and
apparently clicking "not a scam" doesn't train Tbird to stop doing it.
Perhaps it's time for me to upgrade!

I do notice one other interesting thing now and here is an example:

From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com [mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com] On
Behalf Of Millie Morgan

Notice the "on behalf". I don't recall ever seeing that before. It shows
up in quoteback material. The couple of messages in which I saw it were
both labelled by Tbird as possible scams, but I don't know whether
that's why or just a coincidence.


Guerri

Dodi Schultz wrote:
> And my Thunderbird is getting confused. It seems to think that some, but
> not all, of the messages from Dixonary "might" be spam. (It didn't
> single out the one above.)

Dodi Schultz
October 5th, 2011, 08:42 AM
Guerri Stevens wrote:

> From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com [mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com] On
> Behalf Of Millie Morgan
>
> Notice the "on behalf". I don't recall ever seeing that before. It
> shows up in quoteback material. The couple of messages in which I saw
> it were both labelled by Tbird as possible scams, but I don't know
> whether that's why or just a coincidence.

I've seen it lots of times. (It didn't appear on your message above.)
NOT labeled as possible scams. And I've never seen Dixonary messages
trigger Tbird's suspicions before this week and the flood "from" Wayne's
address.

I have grown used to the inconsistencies—I see them as whims—of
electronic programs and devices. Tbird occasionally sees fit to label
stuff from the American Museum of Natural History possible scams, as
well as material from several other reputable sources. I just give it a
reassuring pat on the head and gently tell it that no, it's not a scam.

BTW, I received only one of those "Wayne" messages at my present e-mail
address. Half a dozen others were sent to my old CompuServe address,
which I haven't used for quite a while (CServe dropped its ISP service
some time ago), although my mailbox is still there and I still browse
over and check it once in a while on the off chance that I'd failed to
advise a long-lost friend of my new address. It's always full of
spam—including, this week, that bunch of Viagra plugs (assumed; I didn't
read them all) with Wayne's address. It's possible that when Wayne put
my new address in his list, he neglected to remove the old one.

Guerri Stevens
October 5th, 2011, 08:49 AM
Really, really OT, but: one wonders why always Viagra? Why not other
prescription drugs, such as Lipitor or any other widely-used drug?

Guerri

Dodi Schultz wrote:
>
> ...
>
> BTW, I received only one of those "Wayne" messages at my present e-mail
> address. Half a dozen others were sent to my old CompuServe address,
> which I haven't used for quite a while (CServe dropped its ISP service
> some time ago), although my mailbox is still there and I still browse
> over and check it once in a while on the off chance that I'd failed to
> advise a long-lost friend of my new address. It's always full of
> spam—including, this week, that bunch of Viagra plugs (assumed; I didn't
> read them all) with Wayne's address. It's possible that when Wayne put
> my new address in his list, he neglected to remove the old one.

Steve Graham
October 5th, 2011, 09:13 AM
Well, there's that old advertising maxim: Sex sells
-----Original Message-----
From: Guerri Stevens [mailto:guerri (AT) tapcis (DOT) com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 06:49 AM
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] OT a bad sausage night

Really, really OT, but: one wonders why always Viagra? Why not other prescription drugs, such as Lipitor or any other widely-used drug?GuerriDodi Schultz wrote:> > ...> > BTW, I received only one of those "Wayne" messages at my present e-mail > address. Half a dozen others were sent to my old CompuServe address, > which I haven't used for quite a while (CServe dropped its ISP service > some time ago), although my mailbox is still there and I still browse > over and check it once in a while on the off chance that I'd failed to > advise a long-lost friend of my new address. It's always full of > spam—including, this week, that bunch of Viagra plugs (assumed; I didn't > read them all) with Wayne's address. It's possible that when Wayne put > my new address in his list, he neglected to remove the old one.

Dodi Schultz
October 5th, 2011, 10:52 AM
Guerri Stevens wrote:
> Really, really OT, but: one wonders why always Viagra? Why not other
> prescription drugs, such as Lipitor or any other widely-used drug?
>

How many guys do you suppose self-prescribe Lipitor?

John Barrs
October 5th, 2011, 04:41 PM
Guerri

maybe its the UK connection (in other words the canadian connection) but
mine are about even for viagra, cialis and (surprisingly to me) codeine
phosphate

JohnnyB

On 5 October 2011 14:49, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:

> Really, really OT, but: one wonders why always Viagra? Why not other
> prescription drugs, such as Lipitor or any other widely-used drug?
>
> Guerri
>
> Dodi Schultz wrote:
>
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>> BTW, I received only one of those "Wayne" messages at my present e-mail
>> address. Half a dozen others were sent to my old CompuServe address, which I
>> haven't used for quite a while (CServe dropped its ISP service some time
>> ago), although my mailbox is still there and I still browse over and check
>> it once in a while on the off chance that I'd failed to advise a long-lost
>> friend of my new address. It's always full of spam—including, this week,
>> that bunch of Viagra plugs (assumed; I didn't read them all) with Wayne's
>> address. It's possible that when Wayne put my new address in his list, he
>> neglected to remove the old one.
>>
>
>