Re: spam email from wiki
Chris Foote (Spike)
Many thanks for the e-mail - so sorry that your involvement with Crisis
Commons has caused you to get spammed.
Thanks as well for warning us about this situation. We view every single
change to the wiki and (usually) spot the things that are not right.
Looking at the two places where your e-mail is listed
(http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/CrisisCongress_-_Agenda and
http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Situational_Awareness_and_Damage_Assessment_Information_System)
would you like me to just remove it?
In general terms, I was aware that spammers "scraped" websites looking
for e-mail addresses, but this is the first proof I have of it happening
on our wiki.
Best regards and thanks again!
Spike
Andrea Dunathan wrote:
> Hi Spike, my business email (and...@dunathanconsulting.com
> <mailto:and...@dunathanconsulting.com>) is listed in a couple obscure
> places on the wiki, which is fine. But I got the weird email below
> from someone who's been surfing the wiki, and I thought I'd give you
> heads up in case this person is also putting spam on the wiki. I
> realize that putting my email out in public can lead to stuff like
> this, so it's not about that - just a heads up since I know you
> monitor the actual wiki for spam, and this person could possibly be
> doing other odd things on the wiki besides combing it for email addresses.
> Best, and thanks for your spam-patrol work! Andrea
>
>
>
> From:
> mercy yak <mercy...@att.net <mailto:mercy...@att.net>>
> ...
> Add to Contacts
> To:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hello My Dear
> How are you today and how is life moving over there? I hope fine.
> My name is mercy i saw your profile today in (wiki.crisiscommons.org
> <http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/>) and became interested in you
> please feel free to reply my mail so that I can give you my pictures
> and also tell
> you more about my self.i Believe we can move from here.remember that
> distance or color does not matter but love matters a lot in life.so
> <http://life.so/> i am waiting to hear from you soonest.
> Thanks and have a wonderful day
> from your friend miss mercy
>