[R] Hacked

[Jim Lemon]

It's happened 3 or 4 times for me, only on the R list. It only happens
when answering certain questions and I think all responders to that
question may get it. Seems to have nothing to do with the OP. I just
block the email address.

Jim

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 1:33 PM, Mark Leeds <markleeds2 using gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All: I lately get a lot more spam-porn type emails lately also but I
> don't know if they are due to me being on
> the R-list.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Nor do I, no gmail, also got spam.
>>
>> Rui Barradas
>>
>> On 4/17/2018 8:34 PM, Ding, Yuan Chun wrote:
>>
>>> No, I do not use gmail, still got dirty spam email twice.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces using r-project.org] On Behalf Of Fowler,
>>> Mark
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:32 PM
>>> To: Luis Puerto; Peter Langfelder
>>> Cc: R-Help ML R-Project; Neotropical bat risk assessments
>>> Subject: Re: [R] Hacked
>>>
>>> [Attention: This email came from an external source. Do not open
>>> attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails.]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just an observation. I have not seen the spam you are discussing.
>>> Possibly it is specific to gmail addresses?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces using r-project.org] On Behalf Of Luis
>>> Puerto
>>> Sent: April 17, 2018 4:11 PM
>>> To: Peter Langfelder
>>> Cc: R-Help ML R-Project; Neotropical bat risk assessments
>>> Subject: Re: [R] Hacked
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> This happened to me also! I just got a spam email just after posting and
>>> then in following days I got obnoxious spam emails in my spam filter. As
>>> the others, I think that there is some kind of bot subscribed to the list,
>>> but also perhaps a spider or crawler monitoring the R-Help archive and
>>> getting email addresses there. Nabble is a possibility too.
>>>
>>> On 17 Apr 2018, at 21:50, Peter Langfelder <peter.langfelder using gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I got some spam emails after my last post to the list, and the emails
>>>> did not seem to go through r-help. The spammers may be subscribed to
>>>> the r-help, or they get the poster emails from some of the web copies
>>>> of this list (nabble or similar).
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Ulrik Stervbo <ulrik.stervbo using gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I asked the moderators about it. This is the reply
>>>>>
>>>>> "Other moderators have looked into this a bit and may be able to shed
>>>>> more light on it. This is a "new" tactic where the spammers appear to
>>>>> reply to the r-help post. They are not, however, going through the
>>>>> r-help server.
>>>>>
>>>>> It also seems that this does not happen to everyone.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure how you can automatically block the spammers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry I cannot be of more help."
>>>>>
>>>>> --Ulrik
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us> schrieb am Di., 17. Apr.
>>>>> 2018,
>>>>> 14:59:
>>>>>
>>>>> Likely a spammer has joined the mailing list and is auto-replying to
>>>>>> posts made to the list. Unlikely that the list itself has been
>>>>>> "hacked". Agree that it is obnoxious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On April 17, 2018 5:01:10 AM PDT, Neotropical bat risk assessments <
>>>>>> neotropical.bats using gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Site has been hacked?
>>>>>>> Bad SPAM arriving
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>>>>>>
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