Surely I am not the only one... but 4 days ago I got spam messages here on Elgg.org messages mailbox with the title "hello my new friend" :(((
Interesting is that the sender image is ... my own ! This should not be possible, but how did it happen?
I've not replied to the message...so no idea where it will be going !
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Spamming is an issue on all sites - whether Elgg based or otherwise. As for carlister, that account was automatically banned after sending out a several spam messages.
"Spamming is an issue on all sites?" - Except, as we know, on the largest Elgg site in the galaxy! :)
But I just got this spam message 45 minutes ago:
I am posting this comment both for Elgg.org and my own site.
1) re: Elgg.org - Please let me know if I can provide headers or other info for you.
2) re: my site - A couple users have complained of getting similar emails. ... I upgraded to Elgg 1.7.4 about 30 days ago. Was Cash's throttler included in 1.7.4? If not, will it be included in 1.8? (I can wait.)
Perhaps an obvious addendum --- When users leave the default message option to send copies of system messages to their email addy, the spam goes there too. While obvious to us Elgxperts :) ... a lot of users on a lot of sites will never look at or think about such a default choice, and will be incensed that "A user from YOUR SITE spammed my private email addy."
Thanks
I too just received the same message, bummer :(
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