Date:         Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:37:12 -0400
Reply-To:     "F. J. Kelley" <jkelley@UGA.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "F. J. Kelley" <jkelley@UGA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Slightly OT:  massive flood of apparent spam Microsoft e-mails
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a new GIBE (GIBE-F, aka "SVEN").  the html "Microsoft patch"
is fancier than the old version.  There are also variants
on "returned mail".  Started seeing this yesterday, a real
flood overnight.  Our mail system is removing the attachment,
so not too much craziness here, but mailboxes _are_ being
flooded with this cr_p.
--Joe

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:28:07 -0500
>From: Greg Woolridge <greg.woolridge@TAP.COM>
>Subject: Slightly OT:  massive flood of apparent spam
Microsoft e-mails
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>My mailbox is being flooded this morning with messages from
a number of
>"Microsoft" sites and postmasters.  All of the messages
contain either info
>on a new security patch from Microsoft or a note that a
message I sent was
>undeliverable.  All of the Microsoft emails look like spam
and I have not
>been sending messages to the sites the postmasters say are
undeliverable
>(at least I don't think I am).  The messages are coming at
the rate of
>about 10-15 every 5 minutes.  Is anyone else experiencing
this?
>
>Greg M. Woolridge
>Manager, Study Programming
>TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.
>e-mail: greg.woolridge@tap.com
>phone:  847-582-2332
>fax:  847-582-2403