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

[Mike Lehman]

  Chris,
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Mike
[who didn't want to sort through 7000+ or whatever many were uselessly 
in that cubbyhole]

On 9/17/2010 6:32 PM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
> 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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