FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] TN-BIRDS NET PLACED IN FULL MODERATION

["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

TN-BIRDS NET WAS PLACED IN FULL MODERATION 
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007, AT 3:57 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
THIS ACTION WAS TAKEN DUE TO A MESSAGE SENT TO THE LIST
THAT WAS COMPLETELY OFF SUBJECT.  SHORTLY AFTERWARDS,
AND APPARENTLY UNRELATED A SPAN ADVERTISING WAS SENT
TO THE LIST.  IT CAME FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE A COMPUTER
GENERATED FAKE SUBSCRIBER.

THE FAKE SUBSCRIBER HAS BEEN ISOLATED AND LOCKED DOWN.
THE OFF SUBJECT MESSAGE WILL BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED.
I RECEIVED A PERSONAL COPY OF THE SAME OFF SUBJECT 
MESSAGE FROM ANOTHER FRIEND AS A PRIVATE COPY THIS 
MORNING.  THAT SUGGESTS IT WAS SENT BY SOME OTHER
SOURCE OF AUTOMATION.

YOU MAY NOTICE A REGULAR DELAY UP TO A FEW HOURS BEFORE
YOUR POSTS APPEAR ON TN-BIRDS LIST.  THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE
TO APPROVE EACH MESSAGE MANUALLY UNTIL I DETERMINE THAT
WE HAVE REGAINED CONTROL OF THE LIST (OTHERWISE I AM OUT
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND GET IT DONE WHEN I GET HOME :-)

SORRY FOR THE SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD.  THEY ARE EXTREMELY
RARE ON TN-BIRDS NET.  ACTUALLY, SO RARE YOU CAN'T REMEMBER
WHEN.

Let's go birding......

Wallace Coffey
Moderator, TN-Birds Net
Tennessee Ornithological Society
Bristol, TN

 
=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================

The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with
first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds
you report were seen.  The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should
appear in the first paragraph.
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                Assistant Moderator Andy Jones
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