[OT] Re: Important Message

[Richmond]

On 04/07/2013 08:22 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 4/7/13 10:57 AM, Richmond wrote:
>
>> I would be grateful, Heather (???), if you could block
>> stgoldberg at aol.com, unless, of course,
>> that is a known person, who then needs to know pretty fast that their
>> e-mail has been compromised.
>
> He is a long-time member of this list and a previous member of the HC 
> list, a well-established developer who has attended RR conferences.
>
> As I understand these things, AOL accounts can be compromised outside 
> of the user's control. The malware invades through AOL itself somehow, 
> not via the user's machine. If that's what is happening here, the user 
> won't have any way to stop it, though he should report it to AOL.
>

I feel very sorry for the chap. Perhaps the best advice one can offer 
him is to change to another e-mail provider, although we all know the 
administrative headaches that causes.

It would also suggest that there is something rotten in AOL's setup.

Richmond.