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Re: [CQ-Contest] onslaught of spam via my arrl.net email address

To: contesting@w2irt.net
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] onslaught of spam via my arrl.net email address
From: WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 13:36:59 -0400
List-post: <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
Isn’t the arrl simply a forward service? So wouldn’t your isp filters still 
work on forwarded mail? I’ve had an arrl.net address for years and don’t notice 
any spam from them....

Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 1, 2019, at 10:07 PM, <contesting@w2irt.net> <contesting@w2irt.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> I gave up on forwarders many years ago for this precise reason. The League's 
> forwarder is horrible in that regard and for every wanted email I got easily 
> 500 spams. I have my callsign as a domain now and created several IMAP 
> mailboxes for different aspects of the hobby (contesting, mailing lists, DX 
> alerts, etc) and I find that to be far better, since my ISP does an excellent 
> job at filtering out junk.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
> GO FRC!
> Peter, W2IRT
> 
> www.facebook.com/W2IRT
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Barry
> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 7:40 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] onslaught of spam via my arrl.net email address
> 
> I emailed the League, at Ria's suggestion via PM, and got this response:
> 
> Dear Barry:
> I am sorry to hear your .net email has been targeted and understand how 
> aggravating this can be. However, the reason you are receiving these emails 
> is because the sender has not been flagged as a known spammer. I would also 
> like to point out this is not specific to your ARRL.net email address. 
> Phishing and spamming emails are known tactics for people and organizations 
> looking to obtain personal information. I would first point you to the ARRL 
> Privacy Policy
> (http://www.arrl.org/privacy-policy) where section 2 states what data is 
> shared and with who we share it. So, just as the USPS doesn’t open your mail, 
> we do not look at the contents of an email forwarded through our system.
> 
> Second, there are many ways phishing, spamming, or junk email senders could 
> have gotten their hands on your email address. Here are some of the more 
> common ways they do; • Compromised Email (You or someone you have emailed had 
> their inbox compromised in one way or another and your address was there.) • 
> Mailing Lists (Signing up for some promotions allows those companies to 
> distribute your email address for a revenue kick back.) • Trojans or Adware 
> (These two are very common and collect data on your system, sending it back 
> out to the developer.)
> 
> Your options going forward would be to either; immediately delete emails 
> you’ve received from a sender you do not recognize or to cease using the 
> ARRL.net email forwarding service.
> 
> Regards / 73
> 
> 
> 
> Liz H Karpiej KA1DTU
> Member Services Representative
> ARRL, the National Association for Amateur Radio®
> 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1400 USA
> Tel: Toll Free (US) 1-888-277-5289 or (860) 594-0200
> FAX: (860) 594-0303
> web: www.arrl.org email: ekarpiej@arrl.org
> 
> 
> 
>> On 6/28/2019 8:03 PM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
>> (Un)fortunately the league does have spam filters for forwards. 
>> Sometimes things get caught in them that shouldn’t be. It’s not a 
>> comprehensive filter from what I’ve seen. It’s pretty basic.
>> 
>> That said, I still list my n2rj@arrl.net <mailto:n2rj@arrl.net> and 
>> n2rj@arrl.org <mailto:n2rj@arrl.org> addresses for public listings.
>> 
>> Ria
>> N2RJ
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 9:49 PM Sterling Mann <kawfey@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:kawfey@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>    I got a barrage as well but my gmail spam filter has caught all of it.
>>    Since it's a public email address I expect to receive lots of spam
>>    and I
>>    have my email rules set up to manage it well. I'd rather it be in my
>>    control rather than ARRL because several @yahoo email domains
>>    among others
>>    get caught in spam, and I want to see that in my own spam folder
>>    rather
>>    than have them block it before I ever see it.
>> 
>>    -Sterling N0SSC
>> 
>>    On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 8:34 AM Barry <w2up@comcast.net
>>    <mailto:w2up@comcast.net>> wrote:
>> 
>>> In the last few days, I've gotten a ton of spam sent to my
>>    callsign at
>>> arrl.net <http://arrl.net>. Anybody else getting this?  Should I
>>    contact someone at arrl
>>> about this?
>>> 
>>> Barry W2UP
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