Shawn H Corey wrote:
On 11-07-08 08:36 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
Even if I am my own system administrator?!?
Even if I don't even have an account with said institution?!?
Even if I've already received thousands of such emails already?!?
<sarcasm>I'm sorry I ruined your day by post an alert about email
phishing. After all, since you know everything there is to know about
security, why would anyone else on this list be interested in it?</sarcasm>
Such rudeness is not appreciated. Please refrain for doing so in the
future.
Shawn:
It would behoove you to take the time to get to know who you are giving
etiquette lessons to on line. Richard is a founding Board member of
OCLUG, and accomplished Linux kernel programmer and a generally nice
guy. Your post, while well intentioned earned a little teasing because
such emails have been rattling around the Internet for ten years. Your
post is like alerting people to the risky presence of the common cold in
large crowds.
Richard was perhaps trying to let you know gently that a majority of
people on this list are professionals that have been dealing with these
issues long before phishing got a cute name. Worry more about what you
write than that of others.
--
Bill Strosberg