[UCIMC-Tech] [Imc-bookkeeper] Paypal List

[Chris Ritzo]

Finally got around to removing the IMC-Paypal list. I did make a
backup in case you want it.

Chris

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at .net> wrote:
>  Since it's been nothing but a nuisance, I'd say it's easier just to pull
> the plug.
> Mike Lehman
>
> On 9/10/2010 1:41 PM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
>>
>> So it was intended to really only receive email from one address- the
>> official paypal notification? and then of course send to a list of
>> folks who might login to check.
>>
>> If that's still useful, perhaps we could reconfigure the list to only
>> take messages from that specific address.
>>
>> OF course if you want to just drop the list, I'll go ahead with that.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Mike Lehman<rebelmike at earthlink.net>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Who? Just me, AFAIK, at this point, but I've turned off getting notices
>>> to
>>> myself. It originally was simply a means to notify Finance and fiscally
>>> sponsored groups when Paypal funds arrived. Over the years, whatever hack
>>> applied to send the email notifications became obsolete and we gradually
>>> got
>>> to the point where most Paypal funds did not generate a proper notice
>>> when
>>> submitted.
>>>
>>> The info on it, even when it worked, was all duplicated inside our Paypal
>>> account, so it is no actual consequence to Finance. And our fiscally
>>> sponsored groups haven't used it in some time.
>>>
>>> What's happened is the any email with "paypal" as part of the address
>>> attracts lazy scammers, who think that they're finally going to find a
>>> sap
>>> at the other end of the line, despite ten of thousands of previous
>>> attempts
>>> at exactly the same thing having failed. There no way that it's worth
>>> moderating the 1,000s of spams to find the one or two legitimate
>>> notifications that are valid.
>>>
>>> It needs to have the archive preserved, but to quit accepting any new
>>> mail.
>>> Mike Lehman
>>>
>>> On 9/10/2010 6:26 AM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
>>>>
>>>> who is on it and what was it's original intent?
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Mike Lehman<rebelmike at earthlink.net>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  We discussed shutting down the IMC-Paypal list, but that never got any
>>>>> further. We're up to 5,000+ messages held in there and the error
>>>>> messages
>>>>> this generates everyday to IMC-Info are up to 800kb.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just saying,
>>>>> Mike Lehman
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