Yahoo problems

Yahoo Archive
1
A couple of other Yahoo groups to which I belong are also being besieged by
spam. Somehow spammers have figured out how to infiltrate the group and send
the junk mail to all the group members. So far Yahoo has done nothing. Or
maybe their attempts to fix the problem is what's slowing everything down so
much.

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> Yahoo is barfing on a lot of things. Delivery times are
> very long
2
I received two message this morning (from Mitchell Kirby) that I did not
send. Is anyone else seeing this kind of problem? I will run Norton on my
network and check my email server but I don't want to spend all day on this
if I'm not the culprit.

My apologies in advance if it turns out that my server has been spoofed.

Mitchell Kirby
V. P. Manufacturing
Riten Industries, Inc.

740-333-8719 Direct
800-338-0027 Sales
800-338-0717 FAX
3
Mitchell,

Most likely your address was spoofed, one of the most trivial
exercises. The quick way to tell is to examine the headers of
the suspect messages. In Outlook, right-click on the messages
in the message window and select Options. The bottom box in
the dialog is called Internet Headers. You'll find your clues
there. Next most likely cause is an email virus on your
machine.

have fun,
john


-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Kirby [mailto:m.kirby@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 4:36 AM
To: Vantage (E-mail)
Subject: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?
4
Mitchell, we have had a few similar problems here, receiving e-mail from
what appears to be my exchange server even though the messages were never
sent from the individual (i.e. bobg@...) I don't know how it
happens. I have scanned for viruses and have found nothing.

Bob Goss
Office Manager
BC Instruments

905-939-7323
www.bc-instruments.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Kirby [mailto:m.kirby@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:36 AM
To: Vantage (E-mail)
Subject: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?

I received two message this morning (from Mitchell Kirby) that I did not
send. Is anyone else seeing this kind of problem? I will run Norton on my
network and check my email server but I don't want to spend all day on this
if I'm not the culprit.

My apologies in advance if it turns out that my server has been spoofed.

Mitchell Kirby
V. P. Manufacturing
Riten Industries, Inc.

740-333-8719 Direct
800-338-0027 Sales
800-338-0717 FAX


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
5
I'm getting emails with HUGE amounts of techno-looking email-type
information, from Troy and others.

Anyone else?

Anyone know if it's "dangerous"?

Rick Gors


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
6
I have been getting the same. The messages I received have no "From"
address.

Edward F. Fox, Jr., CPA
Controller
Maxson Automatic Machinery Company
Phone: 401-596-0162 x110
Fax: 401-596-1050
www.maxsonautomatic.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gors [mailto:rgors@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:04 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?



I'm getting emails with HUGE amounts of techno-looking email-type
information, from Troy and others.

Anyone else?

Anyone know if it's "dangerous"?

Rick Gors


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
7
Rick

> HUGE amounts of techno-looking email-type information

They're called "headers". Every message has them. Most email clients
hide them.

"techno-looking". That's a comforting phrase coming from a Vantage
admin.

<g>




have fun,
john



-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gors [mailto:rgors@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:04 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?
8
Possible you are being spammed, your mail server is acting as an open relay,
or you have a virus (maybe Klez). I would defiantly get to the bottom of the
problem.
Nancy

-----Original Message-----
From: Edward F. Fox, Jr. [mailto:efox@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:26 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?


I have been getting the same. The messages I received have no "From"
address.

Edward F. Fox, Jr., CPA
Controller
Maxson Automatic Machinery Company
Phone: 401-596-0162 x110
Fax: 401-596-1050
www.maxsonautomatic.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gors [mailto:rgors@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:04 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?



I'm getting emails with HUGE amounts of techno-looking email-type
information, from Troy and others.

Anyone else?

Anyone know if it's "dangerous"?

Rick Gors


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/



Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
9
Okay, John, but why are only thre or four emails out of 80 or so being
displayed in this manner?

(That's why the worry)

R
-----Original Message-----
From: John Sage [mailto:jsage@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:31 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?


Rick

> HUGE amounts of techno-looking email-type information

They're called "headers". Every message has them. Most email clients
hide them.

"techno-looking". That's a comforting phrase coming from a Vantage
admin.

<g>




have fun,
john



-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gors [mailto:rgors@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:04 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?


Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
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Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
10
I haven't seen any excess emails. I'm running from a local Dial-up account, not a corporate email account. Why/How would something grab my name?

Troy
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Gors
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:04 AM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?



I'm getting emails with HUGE amounts of techno-looking email-type
information, from Troy and others.

Anyone else?

Anyone know if it's "dangerous"?

Rick Gors


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
ADVERTISEMENT




Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
11
Rick,

Your client is not hiding the headers. Something in the header is
making the client think that it is part of the message body. Sometimes
headers will get munged when posted, in transit or when received.
Since one other person here said the same thing, I'd have to guess
that Yahoo has barfed a couple of headers.

have fun,
john


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gors [mailto:rgors@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 8:00 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?
12
Yahoo is barfing on a lot of things. Delivery times are very long (1h20m +,
if at all) and often in mixed up order (replies received long before the
original post). Is anyone NOT seeing this behavior? Perhaps their email
server(s) have some problems.
-Todd C.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Sage [mailto:jsage@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?


Rick,

Your client is not hiding the headers. Something in the header is
making the client think that it is part of the message body. Sometimes
headers will get munged when posted, in transit or when received.
Since one other person here said the same thing, I'd have to guess
that Yahoo has barfed a couple of headers.

have fun,
john


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gors [mailto:rgors@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 8:00 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?



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300x250;ord=1037984172765088?>

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Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
13
Spoofing your computer to use it as a relay would be difficult since you are
using a dialup account. A virus that mailed itself to everybody in your
address book is way too easy to catch if you don't take precautions.

Mitchell Kirby
V. P. Manufacturing
Riten Industries, Inc.

740-333-8719 Direct
800-338-0027 Sales
800-338-0717 FAX


-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Funte [mailto:tfunte@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:40 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?


I haven't seen any excess emails. I'm running from a local Dial-up account,
not a corporate email account. Why/How would something grab my name?

Troy
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Gors
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:04 AM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?



I'm getting emails with HUGE amounts of techno-looking email-type
information, from Troy and others.

Anyone else?

Anyone know if it's "dangerous"?

Rick Gors


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
ADVERTISEMENT




Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
14
At 12:27 PM 11/22/2002 -0600, Todd Caughey wrote:
>Yahoo is barfing on a lot of things. Delivery times are very long (1h20m
>+, if at all) and often in mixed up order (replies received long before
>the original post). Is anyone NOT seeing this behavior? Perhaps their email

Yeah, quite a bit lately. Almost looks like their mail goes out
alphabetically by address or domain, rather than FIFO ! I use several
accounts with Yahoo groups. This one has been receiving things with large
delays and is W...@X... Another account lower in the alphabet gets things
quickly.

May have something to do with the size of the list, too. This is the only
BIG one I'm on.

-WC


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
15
Yahoo appears to be really screwed up. I get responses to a posting before
the original posting. Additional, I do not believe I am getting all the
messages because I read message on topics I have never received.

I thought the capacity of the Vantage group may have been used up but this
was not the case when I checked.

Edward F. Fox, Jr., CPA
Controller
Maxson Automatic Machinery Company
Phone: 401-596-0162 x110
Fax: 401-596-1050
www.maxsonautomatic.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Caughey [mailto:caugheyt@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:27 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?


Yahoo is barfing on a lot of things. Delivery times are very long (1h20m +,
if at all) and often in mixed up order (replies received long before the
original post). Is anyone NOT seeing this behavior? Perhaps their email
server(s) have some problems.
-Todd C.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Sage [mailto:jsage@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?


Rick,

Your client is not hiding the headers. Something in the header is
making the client think that it is part of the message body. Sometimes
headers will get munged when posted, in transit or when received.
Since one other person here said the same thing, I'd have to guess
that Yahoo has barfed a couple of headers.

have fun,
john


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gors [mailto:rgors@...]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 8:00 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Did I get hacked?



Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

ADVERTISEMENT

<http://rd.yahoo.com/M=237459.2675695.4055211.2225243/D=egroupweb/S=17050071
83:HM/A=1267611/R=0/*http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/N2524.Yahoo/B1071650;sz=
300x250;ord=1037984172765088?>

<http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=237459.2675695.4055211.2225243/D=egroupmai
l/S=:HM/A=1267611/rand=627810600>

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/