I don't believe I've gotten any via the AMSAT email alias, but I've gotten a ton through my pacbell email, and we're flooded with them at work. Jim KQ6EA

--- K & R Yoksh yokshs@sbcglobal.net wrote:

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the OT, but is anyone else receiving a large amount of PDF attachments via their Amsat email alias?

Countless variations of the 'Greeting Card' PDF have been cluttering my inbox lately, mostly via my Amsat alias address. I do use a SPAM filter, and it is probably catching 70%, so you can imagine how much junk is coming in!

Is this just affecting me, or do we need to ratchet up the SPAM filtering on the Amsat server?

Thanks and 73,

Kyle Yoksh KØKN Olathe, Kansas Amsat # 35249 VUCC Satellite # 150

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Recently, Microsoft released a security bulletin describing a vulnerability that can be exploited by a specially crafted PDF file attached to a regular email. Since Windows Malware Protection Engine software scans incoming files automatically, the attack could succeed even if the targeted victim does not interact with the malicious PDF file.

This particular vulnerability may also be exploited by hosting his malicious PDF file on a Web site.

You should download and apply all Microsoft security patches immediately and make sure your anti virus software is up to date.

Steve .. AI7W lm #2270

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org]On Behalf Of K & R Yoksh Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 02:33 UTC To: amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] PDF attachments

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the OT, but is anyone else receiving a large amount of PDF attachments via their Amsat email alias?

Countless variations of the 'Greeting Card' PDF have been cluttering my inbox lately, mostly via my Amsat alias address. I do use a SPAM filter, and it is probably catching 70%, so you can imagine how much junk is coming in!

Is this just affecting me, or do we need to ratchet up the SPAM filtering on the Amsat server?

Thanks and 73,

Kyle Yoksh KØKN Olathe, Kansas Amsat # 35249 VUCC Satellite # 150

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