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hi, john - your post does contain good advice how to keep your email account safe but please note that ''no subject'' is no longer a failproof indication of an highjacked account. belonging to a few groups i have seen spam come in with a subject line more and more recently. i now do NOT open any email with just a link in the message body. making an exception for ray ;) most lists now recommend to add a few personal words if a link is being sent to the group. and, unfortunately, a strong password does not guarantee your account cannot be hacked. rgds trauti ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Cottingham" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 3:57 PM Subject: Hacking Spam > Once again hacked passwords have raised their ugly heads. Messages without > subjects to the list are the result of hacked passwords. > > Not everyone reads the list messages and they are amazed that some hacker > cracks their password of "spot" or "password" on their email account. > > Security is the responsibility of the subscriber. I don't read the posts > regularly but when I spot spam on the list I delete the subscriber until > they do the right thing and not send spam to the list. STRONG > PASSWORDS...STRONG PASSWORDS...STRONG PASSWORDS. > > What is a strong password? Start with a number, use at least one capital > letter and have a password length of 8 or more characters,numbers and a > capital letter. > > For those challenged, put some numbers in front of your present password > and that will buy you some time against the hackers. > > If you receive an email from even someone you know that has no subject or > Re: do not click on the link in the email because that was not sent by > someone you know and chances are bad things are going to happen when you > click the link. > > The spammers do not include any text explaining what the link is, so > lookout for your own safety. > > Happy Holidays > > John Cottingham > co-owner Parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn