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Off-topic and Chatter: The Jolly Boar Inn => General Chatter - The Boozer => Topic started by: Glaurung on November 14, 2014, 11:48:49 PM

Title: "Test message" e-mail
Post by: Glaurung on November 14, 2014, 11:48:49 PM: I've four similar but rather strange e-mails today: from random senders, with titles containing the word Test and an 8-character code, and contents consisting of a few unrelated sentences. It looks to me like a spammer testing a database of addresses to see whether they bounce. Has anyone else had any of these?
Title: Re: "Test message" e-mail
Post by: Cuddly Khan on November 15, 2014, 12:00:33 AM: What e-mial provider are you using? G-mail?
Title: Re: "Test message" e-mail
Post by: Jubal on November 15, 2014, 12:24:39 AM: "Test mesage 257499V?"
Title: Re: "Test message" e-mail
Post by: comrade_general on November 15, 2014, 12:32:02 AM: It seems our probes have been successful. Initiate the death tetrahedron!
Title: Re: "Test message" e-mail
Post by: Glaurung on November 15, 2014, 06:39:01 AM: Quote from: The Khan on November 15, 2014, 12:00:33 AM
What e-mial provider are you using? G-mail?
Not G-mail. These messages went variously to 2 different personal addresses with Orange, a society committee address at Cambridge University, and an out-of-date work address. Three quite different domains.

Quote from: Jubal on November 15, 2014, 12:24:39 AM
"Test mesage 257499V?"
Yes, that's exactly the sort of thing.
Title: Re: "Test message" e-mail
Post by: Othko97 on November 15, 2014, 09:05:07 AM: Probably just the NSA or GCHQ.
Title: Re: "Test message" e-mail
Post by: Jubal on November 15, 2014, 02:12:03 PM: Aye - I got one to the Cam email. I guess you're right, likely to be testing for bounces.