[FC] <VV> no messages

[J R Read]

I might also mention that (aside from regular maintenance that Bryan was 
doing) one of the reasons that things had to be reset was because of an 
unusually large amount of Spam messages coming to the server.  In that 
regard, I had noticed at least two messages to Corvanatics (on the same 
server) which were sent in the past week to a LIST of participants in that 
group - instead of being sent directly to Corvanatics.

Let me say that it is a BAD idea to send email to a list of recipients 
(which will show to anyone reading it).  Lists of email addresses are often 
cultivated by Spammers for their own (usually nefarious) purposes.  While I 
don't know that the Corvanatics list of addresses was harvested by Spammers, 
I do suspect that as a possible reason for the temporary interruption of 
service on VV.  It might not have been noticed on Corvanatics since the 
volume of messages there is considerably smaller.

Finally...  This is not really a topic to be discussed on VV since it really 
has no Corvair content.  My intention here is simply to let folks know how 
to help avoid possible future interruptions in the normally fine service 
provided by our "webmaster" and his fine (often unrecognized) attention to 
our communications - and also to alert members to the reason for NOT sending 
to a list of individual email recipients.

PLEASE....   Do NOT reply on VV or FC to this message.  If you need to 
comment on this message,  just send directly to me by using REPLY and don't 
use Reply All.

Thanks.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: <wfcc at mediacombb.net>; "Ken Clark" <kcvair at hotmail.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> no messages


> There WAS a slight glitch which Bryan has now fixed.  A few messages may
> have been lost in the process.
>
> If you sent something important that did not show up, then please resend
> that message.
>
> Later, JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <wfcc at mediacombb.net>
> To: "Ken Clark" <kcvair at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> no messages
>
>
>> Ken,
>> I have been recieving messages fine, but I have sent a few which never
>> showed up.
>>
>>                             Ed Lindsay