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Sam Plummer
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Initially Posted - 08/03/2009 :  07:33:12  Show Profile
Can someone tell me how to stop the webmaster's e-mail concerning info that I did not request? I tried telling him by replying to the e-mail, no luck! Sam Plummer, scplummer@gmail.com
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 08/03/2009 :  19:32:46  Show Profile
Sam, if I understand what's happening, that's not actually e-mail from the association's webmaster. The association has your e-mail address on record so it can't be seen by anybody but you... However, there's an option to allow forum "members" (anybody who is registered) to send you an e-mail without knowing your address. This protects you from spammers' address harvesting systems that scan web pages for e-mail addresses. Some outsiders are registering on the forum and then using that function--something that we can't really prevent. (I just sent you a sample.)

But <i>you</i> can stop it. You can un-check the option in your profile that says "Allow forum members to send you e-mail". I prefer to allow people to contact me, even though a few spams have come through the same way. It's a labor-intensive way to spam, so there shouldn't be very much of it. Just don't--DO NOT--reply to the messages! Your reply goes back to the spammer, <i>with your address</i>. Also, it's not a good idea to put your e-mail address in posts on the forum--the spammers will pick it up.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 08/05/2009 :  19:57:18  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
OR... You may have subscribed (intentionally or not) to one of the forums and thus get an email from the system everytime someone posts to that forum.

If you foward one of the emails you received to me (that's brit in usa g1 at gmail dot com ... you can figure it out!) then I'll explain further.

Paul
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Sam Plummer
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Response Posted - 08/06/2009 :  19:32:28  Show Profile
Dave and Paul--I will follow your directions, thank you.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 08/06/2009 :  19:56:40  Show Profile
Sam, I'll suggest that you start by editing your initial post (click in the header) and remove your e-mail address. Note that Paul camouflaged his address by "spelling it out"--that way the spammers' automated systems won't recognize it as an address. If you elect to disable the forum's e-mail function, you can use his technique to include an address in a post.
Edited by - Dave Bristle on 08/06/2009 19:58:53
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Response Posted - 08/07/2009 :  04:54:30  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Here's what I did to fix Sam's issue.

Sam forwarded one of the emails to me, I was able to confirm that it was a subscription email.

I followed the email link to the article on the forum.
Then I logged in as Sam (Used my Admin privaledges) and could see that there was a link to 'Manage Subscriptions' which only appears if you are subscribed to a topic/forum.

Following that Manage Subscriptions link, I unsubscribed.

All done.

So if you find that you have inadvertanly subscribed to a forum or topic, just follow those steps (of course you'll just login as you and not use the admin process to do that.)

Paul
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