From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84EE1387FE for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 17:43:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D06B121C01F; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 17:43:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm27.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (nm27.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.237.92]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 28AE0E045E for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 17:43:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.94.237.194] by nm27.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Feb 2013 17:43:11 -0000 Received: from [68.142.198.205] by tm5.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Feb 2013 17:43:11 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Feb 2013 17:43:11 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 870092.7778.bm@smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 4UMH8RUVM1l2_tRoxNmFNeS56XcilbOEWMQv.xZOAqXIVmj QG_nlYDf0lO8X04nlU3AhTwyq1etxt6wwXbUApNOYi05DAj_xsTb84rboj.M F90XhMA5WPYjw2kyy52kVhihgXVSVSoK_aWY50XRT5yhIjz27hhBPzUbdmJ0 fPtAepicTU6Rvc2735VdoVqugO2q7IeWybieKTLgigi8FGe7iYRjR9UdTzXW LqkUiWj2uSdmAX_9g8u02zKVC2uDU7EWJ3Ov9wxsoyYA8sxssFO4gtTM0ah1 ESHrzUdGWeFDyy.H81uY90vOB2rNoPcOJLobeVlw4KhiCZW.9FZIZRaGodE2 F2mQ_kCArt0ihVnZXTMZacQwy8ahQHbHWJLMhUwuFTMm4jq.DcgHhIxhEcHX YMIrmnnVA0a9Pu9A_heIiMRDIOlx8xxMHIsYWtnGRRodI7XSE1kAHfo2D6xk M0fINJM0- X-Yahoo-SMTP: oM3WcDSswBC7zv73TQKEsi7eAZ0- Received: from [192.168.1.2] (w41ter@69.234.188.92 with plain) by smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 02 Feb 2013 09:43:11 -0800 PST Message-ID: <510D5030.4010900@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:43:12 -0800 From: walt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20130117 Thunderbird/19.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations References: <201302021720.06321.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201302021720.06321.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4f5c132a-8c24-4f81-b5c7-9b3e18cd1c51 X-Archives-Hash: 52bb2fa249a244007a24e2cc1a60fd35 On 02/02/2013 09:20 AM, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 02 Feb 2013 16:39:55 walt wrote: >> I thought I'd been rooted when I saw a notification pop up on my desktop >> with no previous actions on my part -- it just appeared out of nowhere >> for no apparent reason, offering to sell me gold dust (cheap!). >> >> Turns out that evolution (a gnome clone of MS Outook) was checking my >> google calendar account automatically and I didn't even know it. I >> use gmail every day, but never use the google calendar app that comes >> bundled with the gmail account. >> >> I do use the evolution calendar function on this local machine for >> popup reminders of birthdays, etc, but never do I publish my calendar >> on the internet. >> >> So, be aware that some calendar apps are set to do this insane stuff >> by default -- and google calendar accepts unsolicited invitations by >> default(!). Maybe you should turn that off if you're not expecting >> a Nigerian offer you can't refuse? > I guess it's treated as another imap folder (but I may be wrong). Couldn't > you manage this through the imap subscriptions? Yes, I've already fixed the problem by changing the default settings in both evolution and at the google website. Another example of the tyranny of the default (a phrase I learned from Leo Laporte).