Private Mail Spam Attack -- Website Operations Howto -- Page 2

Unfortunately,when someone like this Lillian1poster missuses the Tractorpoint Private Mail system, this can lead to mail delivery problems for the Tractorpoint site.That is because for the recipient the most logical thing is to mark this as a SPAM email. Enterprising SPAMMERS are getting more creative and are attempting to subvert legitimate sites like Tractorpoint by cloaking their activities within valid businesses like Tractorpoint.The SPAMMER uses my site and my mail domain jplan to send the email from my server as a valid Tractorpoint member.They even automate the process.That is why you often see the script letters and number images on so many sites so you cannot spoof being a person. Because I am the company that sent the email the risk to me is that my mail server gets ID'd as a SPAM server.The Tractorpoint Private Message members received from tractorpoint@jplan.com was sent from the jplan.com site as a valid Private Message from a new Tractorpoint member (now deleted by me).The content was crap because the new member was unethical, if you see it is from the jplan domain it is from the Tractorpoint mail server and is a valid email though the content could be bogus.Please delete the message and alert me if you have received such a message so that I can take action.Please don't if at all possible makr it as spam.Marking one message as spam should not be a problem as long as you continue to receive Tractorpoint alerts.If you stop receiving alerts and other Tractorpoint mail let me know and I can work on getting the SPAMblock removed.Unfortunately mail server spam blocks are across the board, that is if jplan gets blocked by AOL then all AOL accounts won't get email.So anyone who receives one of these Tractorpoint Private messages please just delete it and let me handle it on my end.Do not report it as SPAM.If you are afraid that new people will join Tractorpoint and send you SPAM messages just turn off the Private Message feature in your profile instead.Meanwhile I will work on a solution.Appreciate your patience and cooperation.Dennis

Thankfully you went into farming and not explosives as a living Frank.

The results might have been explosive!!

Seriously, as my grandfather taught me as a little tyke "The only people who don't make mistakes are people who do NOTHING.".

You don't strike me as that type at all.....

Best of luck.

One vote from the peanut gallery: Stick around Frank.

I have to confess I have marked my own stuff as junk in my Thunderbird email, and then wondered where the messages went

Thankfully you went into farming and not explosives as a living Frank. The results might have been explosive!! Seriously, as my grandfather taught me as a little tyke "The only people who don't make mistakes are people who do NOTHING.". You don't strike me as that type at all..... Best of luck.

One vote from the peanut gallery: Stick around Frank.

I have to confess I have marked my own stuff as junk in my Thunderbird email, and then wondered where the messages went

Thankfully you went into farming and not explosives as a living Frank.

The results might have been explosive!!

Seriously, as my grandfather taught me as a little tyke "The only people who don't make mistakes are people who do NOTHING.".

You don't strike me as that type at all.....

Best of luck.