"Andy Svendsen" <andy_mcdba@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:efblLxdgDHA.3968@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> It is bad enough that my email address got harvested for the fake
Microsoft
> IE 4.01 product alert email that has a virus attachment as a security
patch.
> But I think the posts should be more closely censored as you can see from
> some of the posts in this newsgroup.
>
> --
> *******************************************************************
> Andy S.
> MCSE NT/2000, MCDBA SQL 7/2000
> andy_mcdba@yahoo.com
>
> Always keep your antivirus and Microsoft software up to date with the
> latest definitions and product updates. Be suspicious of every email
> attachment, I will never send or post anything other than the text of a
> http:// link nor post the link directly to a file for downloading.
>
> Andy_mcdba@yahoo.com gets filled up to the account limit with spam every
> couple of hours now so replies may not be possible. I will remove this
> disclaimer once every ISP involved with relaying the spam can help me out.
>
> *******************************************************************
>
>
>
>

"Subhash Agarwal" <subhasha31@msn.com> wrote in message
news:OSHerkWnDHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I get on an average 250-350 emails daily with the worm (with the subject:
> Critical pack, etc). I believe my email was lifted off the microsoft
> newsgroups. How can I stop this? I have made rules, blocked senders, etc,
> but nothing seems to work.
>
>
> "Allan Mitchell" <allan@no-spam.sqldts.com> wrote in message
> news:VA.00000060.02c572b6@no-spam.sqldts.com...
> > These groups are not moderated as they are very much in the public
> > domain and I believe MS do the best they can to avoid pitfalls like
> > this.
> >
> > If you look at a lot of people's mail addresses in the NGs you will see
> > they are a variation on their real address or a completely bogus one.
> >
> > MS would not go out an actively post to a NG or by email a security
> > patch. They would send out a Security/Hotfix warning (KB) and then let
> > you go to them to retrieve it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Allan Mitchell (Microsoft SQL Server MVP)
> > MCSE,MCDBA
> > www.SQLDTS.com
> > I support PASS - the definitive, global community
> > for SQL Server professionals - http://www.sqlpass.org
> >
>
>

"Allan Mitchell" <allan@no-spam.sqldts.com> wrote in message
news:VA.00000060.02c572b6@no-spam.sqldts.com...
> These groups are not moderated as they are very much in the public
> domain and I believe MS do the best they can to avoid pitfalls like
> this.
>
> If you look at a lot of people's mail addresses in the NGs you will see
> they are a variation on their real address or a completely bogus one.
>
> MS would not go out an actively post to a NG or by email a security
> patch. They would send out a Security/Hotfix warning (KB) and then let
> you go to them to retrieve it.
>
>
>
>
> Allan Mitchell (Microsoft SQL Server MVP)
> MCSE,MCDBA
> www.SQLDTS.com
> I support PASS - the definitive, global community
> for SQL Server professionals - http://www.sqlpass.org
>