* [gentoo-user] [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations
@ 2013-02-02 16:39 walt
2013-02-02 17:20 ` Mick
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From: walt @ 2013-02-02 16:39 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations
2013-02-02 16:39 [gentoo-user] [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations walt
@ 2013-02-02 17:20 ` Mick
2013-02-02 17:43 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mick @ 2013-02-02 17:20 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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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?
--
Regards,
Mick
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* [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations
2013-02-02 17:20 ` Mick
@ 2013-02-02 17:43 ` walt
2013-02-02 21:21 ` Dale
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: walt @ 2013-02-02 17:43 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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).
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations
2013-02-02 17:43 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
@ 2013-02-02 21:21 ` Dale
2013-02-03 21:12 ` walt
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dale @ 2013-02-02 21:21 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
walt wrote:
> 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).
I miss seeing Leo on TechTV. Him and Kate was quite a pair. :-(
Dale
:-) :-)
--
I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
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* [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations
2013-02-02 21:21 ` Dale
@ 2013-02-03 21:12 ` walt
2013-02-03 23:27 ` Dale
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: walt @ 2013-02-03 21:12 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 02/02/2013 01:21 PM, Dale wrote:
> walt wrote:
>> 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).
>
> I miss seeing Leo on TechTV. Him and Kate was quite a pair. :-(
TechTV was before my time, but I catch him on twit.tv now.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations
2013-02-03 21:12 ` walt
@ 2013-02-03 23:27 ` Dale
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dale @ 2013-02-03 23:27 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
walt wrote:
> On 02/02/2013 01:21 PM, Dale wrote:
>> walt wrote:
>>> 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).
>> I miss seeing Leo on TechTV. Him and Kate was quite a pair. :-(
> TechTV was before my time, but I catch him on twit.tv now.
>
>
>
I had never heard of twit.tv before. I got to check that out. I miss
TechTV. I used to watch it a good bit. Oh well. Times are changing,
not always for the better. ;-)
Dale
:-) :-)
--
I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
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