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Re: Odd msg received from list

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On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.2591.1384437196.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>  Verde Denim <tdldev@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I got an odd message this morning from the list telling me that my
>> account was de-activated due to excessive bounces. I've only sent a
>> handful of messages to this board, but do read an awful lot of the posts
>> in order to learn more about the language. The message also listed my
>> account password, which I found odd. Has anyone else received a message
>> like this?
>
> This sounds like a variation of a classic phishing scam.  You get an
> email which looks official, telling you that some account you have has
> been suspended because you need to verify some information.  The wording
> of the message is always vague about exactly what account this is.
>
> Don't click on any of the links.  At best, they're harvesting email
> addresses.  At worst, they're harvesting personal information which can
> be used for identity theft, credit card fraud, or all sorts of
> malfeasance.
>

I agree in general, but I happen to be pretty familiar with Mailman
alerts, and this one was genuine. Also, it pointed to what does appear
to be the right address (mail.python.org). There's definitely
something going around that's causing problems for gmail users; maybe
spam is getting bounced/rejected instead of being dropped?

ChrisA

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Odd msg received from list Verde Denim <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 08:53 -0500
  Re: Odd msg received from list Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-11-14 09:11 -0500
    Re: Odd msg received from list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-15 01:26 +1100
    Re: Odd msg received from list "Gisle Vanem" <gvanem@yahoo.no> - 2013-11-14 17:02 +0100
  Re: Odd msg received from list Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-11-15 12:30 +1300
    Re: Odd msg received from list Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-11-15 20:48 +0100
    Re: Odd msg received from list Verde Denim <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2013-11-16 20:15 -0500
    Re: Odd msg received from list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-17 12:18 +1100
    Re: Odd msg received from list Verde Denim <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2013-11-16 21:02 -0500
    Re: Odd msg received from list Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2013-11-16 20:05 -0800

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