Gregory S. Williamson wrote: > I got one as well ... not a big deal in my mind since it's only happened once > (weekly would be offensive), and it's not entirely out of the realm of > possibility that we'd have use for their services (I try to keep an update > list of possible resources for my employers in the event that I get hit by a > meteor or a bus or something equally debilitating).
It is pretty bad mojo to harvest emails from a community list to generate targets for a spam. Keep in mind they didn't email you. They emailed people on the list. I mean just look at the email... Dear First Name, > > Still, I think there might be an appropriate mailing list for this sort of > commercial announcement which would be better than the "retail" approach. There is... it's called pgsql-announce, and they know it. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > > My $0.02 worth ... > > Greg Williamson > DBA > GlobeXplorer LLC, a DigitalGlobe company > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information and must be protected in accordance with those > provisions. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender > by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. > > (my bosses made me say that) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Steve Atkins > Sent: Thu 1/18/2007 3:54 PM > To: pgsql general > Cc: > Subject: [GENERAL] Spam from EnterpriseDB? > > Anyone else get spam from EnterpriseDB today, talking about > "Postgresql Support Services"? > > I got one to an email address most likely harvested from one of the > Postgresql mailing lists. Ingrid Catlin over at EnterpriseDB > confirmed that they sent the mail, but that Rich Romanik provided > them with the list of email addresses "so it isn't spam". > > Cheers, > Steve > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Click link below if it is SPAM [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "https://mailscanner.globexplorer.com/dspam/dspam.cgi?signatureID=45b00777302212117817174&[EMAIL > PROTECTED]&retrain=spam&template=history&history_page=1" > !DSPAM:45b00777302212117817174! > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
