# Is anyone getting weird mail at their SDMB e-mail ? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 27, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996 "2002-04-27T20:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/41 "2002-04-28T01:23:28Z")
[Mr Goo is typing this, I know nothing computer-wise] **Reprise,** [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com) doesn’t have a valid mail exchange record, meaning (in theory) e-mails won’t be delivered to anything @ [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com) : \> server [dns1.webhostingprovider.com](http://dns1.webhostingprovider.com) Default Server: [dns1.webhostingprovider.com](http://dns1.webhostingprovider.com) Address: 207.114.164.32 \> ls -d [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com) [[dns1.webhostingprovider.com](http://dns1.webhostingprovider.com)] [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com). SOA [dns1.webhostingprovider.com](http://dns1.webhostingprovider.com) noc.webhostin [gprovider.com](http://gprovider.com). (20020221 3600 7200 14400 3600) [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com). A 10.0.0.0 [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com). NS [dns1.webhostingprovider.com](http://dns1.webhostingprovider.com) [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com). NS [ns1.sysci.org](http://ns1.sysci.org) [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com). NS [ns1.jet.net](http://ns1.jet.net) [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com). MX 10 [mail.example.com](http://mail.example.com) www A 10.0.0.0 [raraavisband.com](http://raraavisband.com). SOA [dns1.webhostingprovider.com](http://dns1.webhostingprovider.com) noc.webhostin [gprovider.com](http://gprovider.com). (20020221 3600 7200 14400 3600) As you can see, the MX record is pointed to [mail.example.com](http://mail.example.com) at 10.0.0.0. [Example.com](http://Example.com) has been reserved for use in documentation by the IETF and 10.0.0.0/8 is an RFC1918 reserved address. Therefore none of this is real because [example.com](http://example.com) can’t be registered and 10.0.0.0 is a reserved private IP. After reading your last post, something smells a bit fishy… a test gone wrong ?!? Hopefully suspicions are wrong and it’ll be fixed and no more spamming. [Mr Goo has now left the building] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/42 "2002-04-28T01:33:51Z")
I’ve just checked the Unaboard, FFF, and the snopes messageboard to see if people there are reporting anything similar - they aren’t. This seems to be SDMB specific. Full headers form Steve Richards reply to me, if one of the geeks wants to decipher them : X-Hd: [steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com) Sun Apr 28 10:25:06 2002 Return-Path: \<[steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com)\> Delivered-To: xxxx-reprise@xxxx.com.au Received: (qmail 4787 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2002 00:11:23 -0000 Received: from [mail112.mail.bellsouth.net](http://mail112.mail.bellsouth.net) (HELO [imf12bis.bellsouth.net](http://imf12bis.bellsouth.net)) (205.152.58.52) by xxxx.com.au with SMTP; 28 Apr 2002 00:11:23 -0000 Received: from inspiron ([208.63.235.183]) by [imf12bis.bellsouth.net](http://imf12bis.bellsouth.net) (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122- 122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id \<[20020428001247.ZXCB18573.imf12bis.bellsouth.net](http://20020428001247.ZXCB18573.imf12bis.bellsouth.net)@inspiron\> for \; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 20:12:47 -0400 From: \<[steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com)\> To: \ Subject: RE: remove, unsubscribe Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 20:15:32 -0400 Message-ID: \<[HNELLMBOKADMKANLOEMDMEPLCMAA.steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:HNELLMBOKADMKANLOEMDMEPLCMAA.steverichards@sobevideo.com)\> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=“Windows-1252” Content- Transfer- Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail- Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 In-Reply-To: \<597FB09XRD98VPSMA7OM86MLANHYV.3ccb3a1c@the-hive\> If this guy is using Outlook and we’re in his address book, could it be that he’s picked up a virus? Or that he’s an SDMB member and the newsletter has been sent out to his wrong contacts list? If you are an SDMB member, Steve, could you please let us know that you accidentally mailed the newsletter to the wrong contact list, just so we don’t have to be concerned about the SDMB database having been accessed? ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/43 "2002-04-28T01:38:09Z")
Cancel that last thought - if this is some kind of listbot, we should ALL be receiving every email sent to it, and quite clearly we aren’t. Curioser and curioser. ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/44 "2002-04-28T01:43:52Z")
My email is available for all, and I signed up at the temp boards. Havn’t been getting anything, thankfully… ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/45 "2002-04-28T01:44:02Z")
Another data point: I was not registered previously or on the temp board. I registered within the last couple months to finally delurk, have my E-mail address hidden, and did not receive any spam like this. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/46 "2002-04-28T01:49:56Z")
Has anyone else who received the email attachment from ginawilkerson scanned it - I don’t trust my virus scanner to quarantine it, but as it’s the first email I got, I wonder if it started this whole chain of events. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/47 "2002-04-28T01:51:57Z")
I got about 25 of them. Funny thing is they went to the email address that I had registered here BEFORE the board crashed! Not the new one. ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/48 "2002-04-28T01:55:24Z")
FWIW, I just checked my e-mail and have received nothing unusual. I never registered at the temp board. I’ve never had my e-mail addy publicly available at the SDMB (not that I’m unfriendly, just very, very careful). Home this info helps in tracking down the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/49 "2002-04-28T01:55:24Z")
The following came to me at least 10 times, along with various replies: Hi there, This is James at [BadRat.com](http://BadRat.com). If you’re a human being and you happen to be reading this, then you’ve been using one of my old e-mail addresses. These include: [badrats@badrat.com](mailto:badrats@badrat.com) [james@sonicopia.com](mailto:james@sonicopia.com) If you’re a representative of a business, please unsubscribe the above addresses from your database. If you’re a friend or relative, my official address is now [info@badrat.com](mailto:info@badrat.com). Please update your address book. Thanks, JamesBot P.S. In case you’re looking for it, [http://www.badrat.com](http://www.badrat.com) is now [http://www.badrat.com/music/](http://www.badrat.com/music/) . ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list \<[newsletter@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter@raraavisband.com)\>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: \<[newsletter-off@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter-off@raraavisband.com)\> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to \<[newsletter-digest@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter-digest@raraavisband.com)\> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to \<[newsletter-index@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter-index@raraavisband.com)\> Send administrative queries to \<[newsletter-request@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter-request@raraavisband.com)\> ---
**Author:** ![Farkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Farkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farkle)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/50 "2002-04-28T01:56:59Z")
EZ-Board membership maybe? I got a 70+ of them at the addy I use here and dopers downunder. My note to [steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com) was not terribly polite and yes, I do understand a robot is likely to pick up [steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com) for spamming purposes ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/51 "2002-04-28T01:59:55Z")
My email is available, and I have received all this as well. I didn’t register at the temp board, but I did register at Fathom when SDMB went down. Sheri ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/52 "2002-04-28T02:00:47Z")
I also got them this a.m., sent a blank email out to the unsubscribe address and have not gotten anything since about 1:30 PDT. I don’t remember if I registered at the temp board or not. I have recently changed my email here; I didn’t check to see if it went to my forwarding account or my school account, and I trashed all the messages. I never open attachments, and Eudora is supposed to trash them when I trash the message, so I can’t check it out for you. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/53 "2002-04-28T02:04:42Z")
I got the e-mails from ginawilkerson, but didn’t get the attachment. Got two or three e-mails from her in the mass. The last one she sent I opened and she was begging to be pulled off the list, so I don’t think that she got hit by some kind of virus. I registered at the temp board and my addy’s always been public here. **Reprise** if you want, you can send me the attachment, I’ve got to reformat my harddrive anyway, so I doubt that it could do a lot of harm. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/54 "2002-04-28T02:26:37Z")
The ginawilkerson attachment is just a copy of the newsletter she received - I suspect she was trying to unsubscribe; odd that I recieved that from her addy before I received the newsletter itself. It’s also extremely odd that we aren’t all receiving every new response to the list. Just as another data point - how many of you are using Outlook. I’m not, I use Opera’s inbuilt mail client. BTW, I’ve sent Steve an email asking him to contact the SDMB admins pronto to explain this mess. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/55 "2002-04-28T02:41:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by reprise \* > \*\*Just as another data point - how many of you are using Outlook. > \*\* I’m using Outlook Express 6. Sheri ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/56 "2002-04-28T02:45:40Z")
FWIW, I got a set of this stuff too. I can’t imagine someone actually sat here and harvested screen names from profiles one at a time, but it COULD happen, if someone was patient enough. What the point is, however, I don’t see, as no one would appreciate what we’ve been getting . . . and the resultant uproar certainly makes 'em no friends. Investigation is proceeding. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/57 "2002-04-28T02:50:19Z")
**Farkel** said > [@](#): > > and yes, I do understand a robot is likely to pick up [steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com) for spamming purposes Amazing. I would never have thought about a bot picking up something as mundane as [steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com) I feel sorry for [steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com) as he will not like to get all that mail addressed to [steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/58 "2002-04-28T02:52:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yo La Tengo \* > \*\*My email is available for all, and I signed up at the temp boards. > > Havn’t been getting anything, thankfully… \*\* ditto, and I’m using OE6 Lucky me ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/59 "2002-04-28T02:55:49Z")
I hate “me too” posts, but ME TOO! I’ve gotten 35 so far. I was registered at the temp board but don’t recall if my e-mail address was public. It is public here. I did not respond to any of the messages sent to me. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help solve this mystery. Thanks, Ruby ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/60 "2002-04-28T03:00:22Z")
Don’t feel sorry for Steve : this was his email response to me - We’re very sorry for the problem. This was a test that went awry I’m afraid. We’ll get you off the list and are trying to figure out what happened. Very sorry for the trouble its caused you and others. Steve Richards Suggest everyone keeps up with the ATMB thread where Tuba has posted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996.md?page=4)