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Re: Calendar spam!

From Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Calendar spam!
Date 2016-11-26 16:45 -0800
Organization Datemas.de http://www.news.datemas.de
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On 2016-11-26 8:52 AM, Doc O'Leary wrote:
> For your reference, records indicate that
> Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
>
>> Today I got my first and second Calendar.app spam on my Mac,
>
> You don’t do a very good job in explaining what this is.  Alan suggested
> it might just be Mail pulling events out of a regular (unfiltered?)
> spam.  If that’s the case, Mail already has a preference to stop that.
> If it’s something else, you really need to describe the avenue used by
> the spammer to access your calendars.
>
>> Also, WTF is the seller thinking?  This is only going to really piss off
>> every person who gets this; there will be zero sales from this.  So
>> either the would-be seller is an idiot or the goal must be something
>> else- confirming working iCloud accounts or e-mail addresses, perhaps,
>> since they get a notification when the victim declines the invite?
>> Phishing for something else than sales?
>
> Spam stopped being a first-order issue a long time ago.  It has almost
> nothing to do with actual sales and everything to do with the spammer
> convincing someone that the *potential* for new sales outweighs the
> costs.  If it does, the spammer gets repeat business from that same
> client.  If it doesn’t, there’s always another sucker to move on to,
> because the constant flow of spam convinces some people that spam
> *must* work.
>
> I have no idea what the true nature is of the problem you’re seeing.
> I have no idea what you’re doing that allows spammers to contact you
> in any fashion.  You have yet to make the case that Apple is at fault.
> I say that as a person who has *provably* been spammed via Apple:
>
> https://www.impossiblystupid.com/node/122/?content=apple-sells-me-out
>

Sorry, but I don't see any PROOF there.

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Calendar spam! Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2016-11-25 16:52 -0600
  Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 15:12 -0800
    Re: Calendar spam! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-25 18:21 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 15:46 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 18:55 -0500
  Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 18:29 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 15:47 -0800
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 16:05 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 19:09 -0500
        Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 16:13 -0800
          Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 19:15 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-26 00:57 +0000
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 17:25 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 20:31 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 17:36 -0800
  Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 15:59 -0800
  Re: Calendar spam! Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-25 19:20 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 16:25 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-25 19:34 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 19:28 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 16:29 -0800
        Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 19:31 -0500
  Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-26 00:53 +0000
    Re: Calendar spam! Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2016-11-26 14:01 -0600
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-26 15:14 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-26 20:14 +0000
      Re: Calendar spam! Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-26 15:24 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-27 00:48 +0000
        Re: Calendar spam! Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2016-11-28 22:52 -0600
  Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-26 16:52 +0000
    Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-26 17:01 +0000
      Re: Calendar spam! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-11-28 09:17 +1300
        Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-28 02:48 +0000
          Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-28 04:00 +0000
          SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2016-11-28 17:15 -0600
            Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-29 14:21 +0000
              Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-29 12:51 -0500
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-29 21:47 +0000
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-29 18:12 -0500
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-30 17:02 +0000
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-30 13:27 -0500
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-12-01 14:40 +0000
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-26 12:06 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-26 16:45 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-27 16:27 +0000
        Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-27 16:53 +0000
        Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-27 13:00 -0800
          Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-28 02:32 +0000
            Re: Calendar spam! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-27 21:41 -0500
            Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-28 03:39 +0000
            Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-28 06:29 +0000
            Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-28 02:00 -0800
              Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-28 19:02 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-28 12:36 -0800
                Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-29 14:44 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-29 08:50 -0800
                Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-29 18:26 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-29 18:23 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-28 20:37 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-29 01:38 +0000
            Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-28 13:01 -0800
            Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-28 16:54 -0500
              Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-29 17:20 -0500
                Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-29 14:22 -0800
  Re: Calendar spam! MeV <michael.vilain@gmail.com> - 2016-11-26 11:32 -0800
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-26 14:41 -0500
  Re: Calendar spam! Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-11-26 19:59 -0800
    Re: Calendar spam! Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2016-11-28 22:53 -0600

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