A few days ago, I received an email with the Subject: Re: unsubscribe, and only one word in the body, "unsubscribe". The sender did not indicate from which List he wished to be unsubscribed. I searched through the user lists for the 21 Lists I manage and couldn't find his address. So, I replied to him, asking for clarification. (The "unsubscribe" email came to me privately, not through Rootsweb.) Today I received a reply from him explaining what had happened. I still don't know how the "FormMail Threat" works, but somehow it can "spoof" email addresses. Heaven knows why anyone would want to spoof an unsubscribe email! It's not clear if the email I received was generated as a result of someone scanning my website at Rootsweb or the website of the person whose address was "spoofed". If anyone knows anything about this, please reply here for benefit of us all. Below is an extract of the pertinent part of the email I received. SgtGeorge ============================================ ,,,,,,,,,, New Threat #1 Reader Mort Goldberg sent me a "heads up" note about two new threats, one of primary interest to people with their own web sites, and one that potentially affects us all. First, here's the one that affects site owners: 1) Formmail Vulnerability During the past few weeks, there has been a flood of spam being relayed through innocent third-party webservers all over the world. The problem turns out to be a security hole in the widely used Matt Wright formmail.pl PERL Script. Briefly, spammers have discovered that the unmodified script is vulnerable to spoofing of the HTTP_REFERER value. The effect of this hack is to turn the script into an anonymizing open relay. Apparently, some script kiddie has even come up with a program to rapidly scan websites and pinpoint those with vulnerable formmail scripts. ... It is possible to patch the formmail script, and I have heard from a couple of webmasters fluent in PERL who have done so. However, according to well-known anti-spammer and UNIX expert [and LangaList reader] Suresh Ramasubramanian the best course of action is to abandon formmail entirely and change to an alternative. (His exact words "Ditch formmail.pl - even if you patch it it won't work too well and there are other holes.") There are at least three alternatives of which Suresh is aware. One of these, available at http://www.bignosebird.com/, is, according to Suresh, also very easy to hack. He likes a second one, available at http://www.extropia.com/freedownloads.html (also called "Selena Sol") a little better. But his best recommendation is the "mailer" script available at http://www.geekgiveaways.com/code/ . I have looked over the documentation at http://www.geekgiveaways.com/code/mailer.html , and from what little I know, it *does* seem to be designed from the git-go to be far more resistant to hacking than formmail. However, it also appears to be considerably more trouble than formmail to set up. Definitely not for newbies.

At 03:46 PM 6/1/2001, you said: >Debbie, > >All of my address book information is in the nndbase files, which >are in the main EUDORA folder. There is nothing in my NICKNAME >folder. I am using Eudora 4.2. Am I missing something here? >Mike No Mike you're not missing anything. I wasn't sure what Mo meant, which is why I asked. Since I have 8 other address books besides the main "Nickname" address book, I sometimes forget that there won't be anything in the Nickname folder if other address books have NOT been set up. Debbie

At 04:00 01.06.01 -0600, you wrote: ------------------------- >Country Codes Chart The first group is called "global Top Level Domains" (gTLDs) >COM US Commercial actually not only US >EDU US Educational yes, very strictly US universities (3 years post K-12 I think) >GOV US Government strictly US >INT International only international treaty organizations >MIL US Military strictly US >NET Network >ORG Non-Profit Organization Both are the originally intended usage groups. Unfortunately not strict anymore. >ARPA Old style Arpanet still used for reverse-lookup, i.e. to find the domain to a given IP number. >NATO Nato field the following group is called "country code Top Level Domains" "ccTLDs": >AD Andorra >AE United Arab Emirates >AF Afghanistan ... >US United States Stefan

Debbie, All of my address book information is in the nndbase files, which are in the main EUDORA folder. There is nothing in my NICKNAME folder. I am using Eudora 4.2. Am I missing something here? Mike At 06/01/2001 12:15 PM , you wrote: >At 12:48 AM 5/30/2001, Mo! Langdon wrote: >>>Anne, all the information for the Address Book is located in >>> >>>C:\EUDORA\NICKNAME >> >>Am I the only one on list for whom this has no relevance? ;-) >> >>Slán, > >Hi Mo, >Do you mean to say that you don't use the address book at all? If your >answer is yes, may I ask why? and what are you using to keep track of your >contacts? > >Debbie > > >==== EUDORA-MAIL Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from EUDORA-MAIL, send an e-mail message to: > EUDORA-MAIL-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > EUDORA-MAIL-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) >Put only ONE word in the subject: UNSUBSCRIBE >(You don't need to put anything in the body.) > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp Mike Miller Roanoke, VA fmmiller@infi.net

At 12:48 AM 5/30/2001, Mo! Langdon wrote: >>Anne, all the information for the Address Book is located in >> >>C:\EUDORA\NICKNAME > >Am I the only one on list for whom this has no relevance? ;-) > >Slán, Hi Mo, Do you mean to say that you don't use the address book at all? If your answer is yes, may I ask why? and what are you using to keep track of your contacts? Debbie

I thought some of you might be interested in a list of what the letters after the last "." (period/dot) in an email address means. So, if this email doesn't exceed the byte limit for these Lists, here the are: SgtGeorge ================================================ Country Codes Chart COM US Commercial EDU US Educational GOV US Government INT International MIL US Military NET Network ORG Non-Profit Organization ARPA Old style Arpanet NATO Nato field AD Andorra AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Armenia AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola AQ Antarctica AR Argentina AS American Samoa AT Austria AU Australia AW Aruba AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BB Barbados BD Bangladesh BE Belgium BF Burkina Faso BG Bulgaria BH Bahrain BI Burundi BJ Benin BM Bermuda BN Brunei Darussalam BO Bolivia BR Brazil BS Bahamas BT Bhutan BV Bouvet Island BW Botswana BY Belarus BZ Belize CA Canada CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands CF Central African Republic CG Congo CH Switzerland CI Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) CK Cook Islands CL Chile CM Cameroon CN China CO Colombia CR Costa Rica CS Czechoslovakia CU Cuba CV Cape Verde CX Christmas Island CY Cyprus CZ Czech Republic DE Germany DJ Djibouti DK Denmark DM Dominica DO Dominican Republic DZ Algeria EC Ecuador EE Estonia EG Egypt EH Western Sahara ER Eritrea ES Spain ET Ethiopia FI Finland FJ Fiji FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) FM Micronesia FO Faroe Islands FR France FX France, Metropolitan GA Gabon GB Great Britain GD Grenada GE Georgia GF French Guiana GH Ghana GI Gibraltar GL Greenland GM Gambia GN Guinea GP Guadeloupe GQ Equatorial Guinea GR Greece GS S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls. GT Guatemala GU Guam GW Guinea-Bissau GY Guyana HK Hong Kong HM Heard & McDonald Islands HN Honduras HR Croatia HT Haiti HU Hungary ID Indonesia IE Ireland IL Israel IN India IO British Indian Ocean Terr. IQ Iraq IR Iran IS Iceland IT Italy JM Jamaica JO Jordan JP Japan KE Kenya KG Kyrgyzstan KH Cambodia KI Kiribati KM Comoros KN Saint Kitts and Nevis KP Korea (North) KR Korea (South) KW Kuwait KY Cayman Islands KZ Kazakhstan LA Laos LB Lebanon LC Saint Lucia LI Liechtenstein LK Sri Lanka LR Liberia LS Lesotho LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg LV Latvia LY Libya MA Morocco MC Monaco MD Moldova MG Madagascar MH Marshall Islands MK Macedonia ML Mali MM Myanmar MN Mongolia MO Macau MP Northern Mariana Islands MQ Martinique MR Mauritania MS Montserrat MT Malta MU Mauritius MV Maldives MW Malawi MX Mexico MY Malaysia MZ Mozambique NA Namibia NC New Caledonia NE Niger NF Norfolk Island NG Nigeria NI Nicaragua NL Netherlands NO Norway NP Nepal NR Nauru NT Neutral Zone NU Niue NZ New Zealand OM Oman PA Panama PE Peru PF French Polynesia PG Papua New Guinea PH Philippines PK Pakistan PL Poland PM St. Pierre & Miquelon PN Pitcairn PR Puerto Rico PT Portugal PW Palau PY Paraguay QA Qatar RE Reunion RO Romania RU Russian Federation RW Rwanda SA Saudi Arabia Sb Solomon Islands SC Seychelles SD Sudan SE Sweden SG Singapore SH St. Helena SI Slovenia SJ Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands SK Slovak Republic SL Sierra Leone SM San Marino SN Senegal SO Somalia SR Suriname ST Sao Tome and Principe SU USSR (former) SV El Salvador SY Syria SZ Swaziland TC Turks & Caicos Islands TD Chad TF French Southern Territories TG Togo TH Thailand TJ Tajikistan TK Tokelau TM Turkmenistan TN Tunisia TO Tonga TP East Timor TR Turkey TT Trinidad and Tobago TV Tuvalu TW Taiwan TZ Tanzania UA Ukraine UG Uganda UK United Kingdom UM US Minor Outlying Islands US United States UY Uruguay UZ Uzbekistan VA Vatican VC Saint Vincent & the Grenadines VE Venezuela VG Virgin Islands (British) VI Virgin Islands (U.S.) VN Viet Nam VU Vanuatu WF Wallis & Futuna Islands WS Samoa YE Yemen YT Mayotte YU Yugoslavia ZA South Africa ZM Zambia ZR Zaire ZW Zimbabwe

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How do is set Eudora to display messages in forms other than plain text? Thanks, ------ Glenn G. Geisheimer <germanic42@home.com>, <germanic42@virtualnewarknj.com> <http://virtualnewarknj.com/> <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~list/>

At 21:00 29.05.01 -0600, you wrote: ------------------------- >Folks, I am no longer the administrator for this List, but do want to >apologize for Stefan Probst's posts. I posted my contribution in an >effort to honor our veterans for their service and sacrifices. I think, I said a very sincerely THANK YOU to a big number of US veterans. I just get alerted if every and all veterans get the same praise, especially, if this praise is bought by humiliating the veterans on the other side. This is not how to make peace. >Stefan is a German living in Hanoi, Vietnam. That should be enough to >explain his obvious dislike for America. I have several American friends. I met quite a number of Americans outside America, who said, that once they were a short time outside the US, they saw their own likes different than before. But I do get annoyed by the typical American attitude. I was a few days ago singing with friends of the Hanoi International Choir in the American Club here in Hanoi. Note: This club is not diplomatic compound, and there were only very few Americans present. Foreigners could enter without problems, but official requirement was, that they know the identity of our Vietnamese singers, mostly girls between 20 and 25 years old. Do you wonder, that all our choir members, including the Americans, were shaking their heads? >Anyone can search through >history and find things that do not put a country in its best light. >Just as there is no perfect person, there is no perfect country. To >deliberately set out to embarrass, condemn, and denigrate our great >country is despicable. You admit, that there is "no perfect country", but if I post just a few reminders to that, if somebody claims it to be perfect, then I am "despicable"? Your country is great without doubt, it is just not "the greatest" - none is. >In my opinion, if Stefan Probst hates our country so much, I do not hate it, I just would like it to be - maybe even a first - amongst equals, not a first above others. >I truly hope he stays up there with his Communist >friends and never visits our shores. I rarely met "Communists" - and if, then they are much different than what you think they are - but I have lots of "Capitalist" friends here of all nationalities, including Vietnamese. >I apologize to Debbie, the new List Administrator, for replying here. >I had already replied privately to Stefan, I just looked through my inbox again. I didn't receive anything. The Internet in Vietnam is not that reliable. >but it seems he has an ax to grind with America, and has chosen the >EUDORA-MAIL List as the place to spout his venom. If my calls to put the war to an end and to be friends is "venom"..... >If anyone wishes to discuss this >further, PLEASE email me privately, not back here to the List. Since you were so kind to me here ON the list.... If anybody here on the list would be interested to use his Eudora to make contacts to Vietnamese, or to American projects here in Vietnam, I'd glad to assist.... >To Stefan: Buzz off ! Thank you for kind words. Stefan >SgtGeorge >George W. Durman >georgedurman@home.com

Hi everyone, Thought I'd let you know of a good spam filter that I came across reading a magazine. These filters will tell Eudora two things, the first, that any email that comes with your email address in the TO: is to stay in your Inbox and the second is, that any email that does not have your address in the TO: is to be sent to a special folder. And since these filters will be at the bottom of your filter list, this will only apply to any mail that is left over after all your other filters have been applied. It's a several step process but I'll talk you through them <g>. First Step: The Address Book (a) Open you Address book (b) Click New address (make sure this is under your main Nickname address book if you have several) (c) On the "Personal" tab, in the Nickname field put "Me" (without quotes). (d) In the Full name tag, I put "Myself" (again without the quotes). (e) In the field "Nickname will expand", put all the email addresses you download mail from through Eudora, one each on a line. (I have four addresses I download mail from, so all four went in there.) (f) Save your Address Book. Second Step: Make a new Mailbox and call it "Possible Spam" or just "Spam" Third Step: The Filters First Filter: (a) Open up your filters (b) Click the New button (c) Set up your filter like this: Check Incoming In the Header: choose <Any Recipient>, then choose "intersect nickname", in the next field type the name you gave yourself in your address book. Since I choose "Me" that's what I typed (again without quotes). Then choose "Ignore" In the Action section, just choose "Skip Rest". Now drag this filter to the bottom of your filters. (This filter says "If it's address to me in the TO: leave in the Inbox) Second Filter: (a) Click the New Button (b) Set up your filter like this: Check Incoming In the Header: choose <Any Header>, then choose "contains", leave all the rest of this section blank. Now go down to the Action Section: Transfer To: Possible Spam Server Options: Delete Make Status: Read Skip Rest Now drag this filter to the very bottom of your filters. (This filter transfers everything else left over to your "Possible Spam" mailbox) Make sure if you ever add any other filters, that these two always stay at the bottom. And I choose to have the last filter change the status to read because I can't stand seeing unread messages in any of my mailboxes. I just check that mailbox about once a day and delete the real spam and transfer what got sent there by accident to where it belongs. You should end up with less spam in your inbox that you have to deal with. If you have any questions, just let me know. Debbie Woolard - List Manager djwoolard@earthlink.net

SgtGeorge writes: >Anne, all the information for the Address Book is located in > >C:\EUDORA\NICKNAME Am I the only one on list for whom this has no relevance? ;-) Slán, Mo!

That did the trick! I always unchecked and checked it again BEFORE I restarted the computer. As soon as I left it unchecked and restarted the computer and then rechecked it, it worked! Well, thank you so very much for helping! I guess I was too tired to think of that. Namaste Patije ========== At 09:38 AM 05/29/2001, you wrote: >Patije, >Is the problem with all of your mailboxes or just your IN box? > >If it's just your IN box, how many messages do you have in it? Your IN, >OUT & TRASH boxes should never be used as a holding area. > >If your problem is with all of your mailboxes, then try, first to Unselect >Preview Pane, exit Eudora, re-boot your PC, re-start Eudora, then >re-select View Preview Pane. Hopefully you will be back in order. Let us >know what happens, if it doesn't work, we'll have to try something else. > >Debbie Woolard - List Manager >djwoolard@earthlink.net > > >==== EUDORA-MAIL Mailing List ==== >You can contact the List Manager at: >djwoolard@earthlink.net > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Anne, all the information for the Address Book is located in C:\EUDORA\NICKNAME Just backup the entire subdirectory -- all the .toc and .txt files. SgtGeorge At 01:33 AM 05/18/2001, Anne Wheel wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >I am in the process of backing up some of my files/folders etc. and >can't seem to locate the Eudora Address Book. > >But, I am backing up the following folder, so if it's included in >there, then all should be okay?? > >c:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora Mail > >Thanks, >............................................................. >Anne Wheel >Western Australia >mailto:wheel@q-net.net.au **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********

There should be absolutely no conflicts or problems in Eudora when you change to a DSL or cable hookup. All I had to do when I had a cable modem installed was to go Tools:Options:Internet Dialup and uncheck all boxes. You WILL have to reconfigure several places to change your old email address and server to the new one. SgtGeorge At 07:49 PM 05/17/2001, Tom Krakauer wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >I am thinking of converting from a straight dial-up connection to a >DSL line. > >I know that with computers one rarely can make a change without >creating some incompatibility or conformation change. > >Will this occur with Eudora 5. x if I go on DSL service? > >Tom > > >Tom Krakauer >Bahama, Durham County, NC >tkrakauer@mindspring.com **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********

Dean, what you are describing is the utility in Eudora called "ESP Groups". The best way to find out how to set it up and use it is to open the Eudora User Manual and look down the left side for "Using Eudora Sharing Protocol". There you will find complete instructions for its use. Or, you can click on "Help", then "Topics" in the Eudora program itself. Go to "Find" and type in "ESP". You will see several subjects there which will explain ESP. Hope this helps, SgtGeorge At 06:55 PM 05/17/2001, Dean Crocker wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Hello Listers, > >I have been using Eudora Pro 4.2 for about two years now. I have >previously used several others. I would like to create a mailing >list of a dozen or so names in the family that would constitute a >mailing list for family matters. Am I overlooking something in >Eudora that would do this. I can't find a way at all. I did it >with Netscape Communicator Mail and OE. However, because of the >rampant problems with these and the spread of unwanted using their >address books, I don't want any addresses in their address >books. If there is a way that I may be able to do this with Eudora >please let me in on the secret. > >Thanks, > >Dean **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********

At 09:09 PM 5/28/2001, Patije wrote: >Hi, >I hope somebody can tell me what is happening... > >All of a sudden, my EUDORA has no preview of message. the window is >there, nothing in it no matter what I do! > > The check IS in the box in front of Show Message in Preview Pane" > under OPTIONS and VIEWING MAIL. > >never changed that or anything else under "options" since downloading >new update 5.1 a week or so ago. It worked all week + it even was >working this morning. > >Just now I downloaded some more mail...and SUDDENLY the preview window >was empty. I went to options and unchecked and rechecked the window, I >closed and reopened Eudora; I restarted Computer; and STILL THERE IS >NOTHING IN PREVIEW WINDOW! > >What do I do? > >Patije Patije, Is the problem with all of your mailboxes or just your IN box? If it's just your IN box, how many messages do you have in it? Your IN, OUT & TRASH boxes should never be used as a holding area. If your problem is with all of your mailboxes, then try, first to Unselect Preview Pane, exit Eudora, re-boot your PC, re-start Eudora, then re-select View Preview Pane. Hopefully you will be back in order. Let us know what happens, if it doesn't work, we'll have to try something else. Debbie Woolard - List Manager djwoolard@earthlink.net

Alan, yes this List is about Eudora; however, for all the years I managed the List, I allowed "off-topic" posts on special holidays, and even posted some myself. I hope it's not too much of a bother to you to see such things as a few posts honoring our veterans on Memorial Day. If it IS a bother, you can always hit the delete key. SgtGeorge At 08:49 AM 05/16/2001, Alan Furchtenicht wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >I just subscribed to this list because I thought it was about the >email >software Eudora. Am I wrong? My first digest contained nothing but >mail about Memorial Day and veterans. **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********

Folks, I am no longer the administrator for this List, but do want to apologize for Stefan Probst's posts. I posted my contribution in an effort to honor our veterans for their service and sacrifices. Stefan is a German living in Hanoi, Vietnam. That should be enough to explain his obvious dislike for America. Anyone can search through history and find things that do not put a country in its best light. Just as there is no perfect person, there is no perfect country. To deliberately set out to embarrass, condemn, and denigrate our great country is despicable. In my opinion, if Stefan Probst hates our country so much, I truly hope he stays up there with his Communist friends and never visits our shores. I apologize to Debbie, the new List Administrator, for replying here. I had already replied privately to Stefan, but it seems he has an ax to grind with America, and has chosen the EUDORA-MAIL List as the place to spout his venom. If anyone wishes to discuss this further, PLEASE email me privately, not back here to the List. To Stefan: Buzz off ! SgtGeorge George W. Durman georgedurman@home.com At 07:50 AM 05/16/2001, Stefan Probst wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Remembered in Vietnam are ... > > >... the US commander who was responsible for a major massacre on >civilians, and although convicted, never had to go even to prison, >but runs now a jewelry shop in the States ... > >... the few US heroes, who went in with their copter between those >who were shooting at the helpless, aiming their board gun at their >fellows in order to stop it, and then pulled a few half dead >Vietnamese out of the trenches and flew them to a hospital ... > >... a former senator (Kerrey) who received orders of merit, but now >admits, that his unit was killing innocent old people, women and >children. One of his former comrades says, they knew quite well at >whom they were shooting..... > >... the couple of US service men and their Vietnamese colleagues who >died some weeks ago in a helicopter crash here in Vietnam while >searching for the bodies of a few fallen US soldiers. [where I as a >German ask myself, why so much money is spent on retrieving remains >from Vietnam, while little was done after WWII to retrieve remains >from Germany]. ... > >... the US government which is slowly starting to accept >responsibility for Agent Orange related damages on US service >personnel, but still denies it to the Vietnamese who were sprayed >with it, and to whom a few Dollars would make a huge difference. ... > >... the US vets, who come back to their former areas and - together >with their former enemies - now build schools, hospitals, peace >parks. ... > >... the US vets, former POW here, who in their position as >congressmen, Ambassador, senator, now try to "normalize" the >relations between both countries - even if it might make them >unpopular - because they know, that this is what would help both >peoples most. > >Stefan, >Hanoi, Vietnam **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********

George: Glad you'll be with us still, and thank you for a wonderful job you have been doing. Debbie: Welcome, and I hope it's not too hectic trying to keep those of us that don't know anything out of any serious trouble:o) Sue

Hi, I hope somebody can tell me what is happening... All of a sudden, my EUDORA has no preview of message. the window is there, nothing in it no matter what I do! The check IS in the box in front of Show Message in Preview Pane" under OPTIONS and VIEWING MAIL. never changed that or anything else under "options" since downloading new update 5.1 a week or so ago. It worked all week + it even was working this morning. Just now I downloaded some more mail...and SUDDENLY the preview window was empty. I went to options and unchecked and rechecked the window, I closed and reopened Eudora; I restarted Computer; and STILL THERE IS NOTHING IN PREVIEW WINDOW! What do I do? Patije