18 Feb
2017
18 Feb
'17
13:40
On February 18, 2017 8:37:39 AM EST, Per Jessenwrote: >ellanios82 wrote: > >> On 02/18/17 11:23, ellanios82 wrote: >>> On 02/18/17 11:04, Per Jessen wrote: >>>> ellanios82 wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello List, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - i received a spam mail : >>>>> >>>>> "SUSE can Help your Business" : Spam e-mail received on MyYahoo >>>>> mail account. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Spam is always in the eye of the beholder - on 15/2 I also received >>>> a mail >>>> "See how SUSE can help your business succeed". I think I get these >>>> every >>>> now and then, not sure what it was I signed up for and where, but I >>>> wouldn't >>>> call it spam. >>>> >>> >>> - the reason i am suspicious causing me to use word 'spam' is that >>> the Yahoo mail account is dormant and not used : thus am wondering >>> "How" can someone have got hold of the email address : never before >>> have i had any SUSE referenced message >>> >>> >>> - i remain : mystified >>> >>> ....... >> - still wondering how someone got the address as account not used : >> then just recalled that Yahoo suffered a big Hack >> abt a year ago? : perhaps the hackers are only now getting round to >> selling off millions of e-mail addresses > >I find it highly unlikely for SUSE or Microfocus to buy addresses of >end-users to advertise an enterprise product .... > >How they got your address - if you've never, ever used it and nothing >is >ever forwarded to it, that is difficult to explain. Perhaps yahoo sold it? I never use my AOL but that doesn't stop it from getting spam. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org