Hello Roy, There have been a couple of posts in the last few weeks that I was concerned about. They tend to have no content and no subject line. There is one today, #8, from 'Candice'. I don't want to be an alarmist but it doesn't look quite legit. Just wondering what you think. Very best, Eileen Sent from Eileen Becker-Dunn, LCSW, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Yale Medical School Sent from my Iphone >

Hi Eileen, http://www.checkthelinkbef As an IT professional, I can say that emails that have no subject and no message (and no attachments) are likely caused by someone accidentally pressing the Send button before typing the message. They are generally not considered malicious and pose little to no threat. What you need to be on the look out for are emails that have a questionable message and a link to some unknown website. Example: Subject: Hey, look at this! Message: Hey, look at this! http://www.somemaliciouswebsite.com -Mike > From: eileenbd@me.com > Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:26:34 -0400 > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] CTBirds Digest, Vol 1922, Issue 1 > > Hello Roy, > There have been a couple of posts in the last few weeks that I was concerned about. They tend to have no content and no subject line. There is one today, #8, from 'Candice'. I don't want to be an alarmist but it doesn't look quite legit. Just wondering what you think. > Very best, Eileen > > Sent from > Eileen Becker-Dunn, LCSW, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry > Yale Medical School > > Sent from my Iphone > > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

err...ignore the first link in my previous message...it was a typo. -Mike > From: michael_s_richardson@hotmail.com > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:37:05 -0400 > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Questionable emails > > > Hi Eileen, > http://www.checkthelinkbef > As an IT professional, I can say that emails that have no subject and no message (and no attachments) are likely caused by someone accidentally pressing the Send button before typing the message. They are generally not considered malicious and pose little to no threat. > > What you need to be on the look out for are emails that have a questionable message and a link to some unknown website. Example: > > Subject: Hey, look at this! > Message: > > Hey, look at this! http://www.somemaliciouswebsite.com > > > > > -Mike > > > > From: eileenbd@me.com > > Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:26:34 -0400 > > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] CTBirds Digest, Vol 1922, Issue 1 > > > > Hello Roy, > > There have been a couple of posts in the last few weeks that I was concerned about. They tend to have no content and no subject line. There is one today, #8, from 'Candice'. I don't want to be an alarmist but it doesn't look quite legit. Just wondering what you think. > > Very best, Eileen > > > > Sent from > > Eileen Becker-Dunn, LCSW, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry > > Yale Medical School > > > > Sent from my Iphone > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

Eileen, As Michael Richardson has already said, a completely blank message like the specific one you describe today was probably just a slip of the finger and should be ignored. The ones to look out for are very brief, with perhaps one sentence and a link. Such a link is invariably dangerous. I do what I can within the system capabilities to stop such messages but some inevitably slip through. and at least one did this week. I just don't have a way to stop all of them, so subscribers to the list will always have to be careful here, as they are everywhere else. Good birding! Roy Harvey Beacon Falls, CT --- On Fri, 6/1/12, Eileen Becker-Dunn <eileenbd@me.com> wrote: > Hello Roy, > There have been a couple of posts in the last few weeks that > I was concerned about. They tend to have no content and no > subject line. There is one today, #8, from 'Candice'. I > don't want to be an alarmist but it doesn't look quite > legit. Just wondering what you think. > Very best, Eileen > > Sent from > Eileen Becker-Dunn, LCSW, Assistant Clinical Professor of > Psychiatry > Yale Medical School