Re: (Hopefully) the LAST msg to fudan.edu Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Westall  To: cslist@fudan.edu ; rutgers@ces.clemson.edu Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999 10:15 PM Subject: (Hopefully) the LAST msg to fudan.edu > >I have tried to avoid contributing to this problem but it now >looks like it will go on forever if I don't inject one more >message. > >The solution is NEVER SEND ANYTHING TO CSLIST@FUDAN.EDU > >If you are interested in the "why" continue to read the message >I sent earlier. > >I plan to send Mr. Gao a message that he and any other students >who use this time-wasting spam attack that he can forget about >receiving materials from Clemson. > >>I have gotten two of these today. One from SUNY Buffalo and one >>from UCSC.  (I also got an "original" from China) >> >>As near as I can tell here is what is happening: >>Fudan has a mail distributer that Mr. Gao sends a message to >>and the distributer sends the message to EVERY CS grad program >>in the good ole USofA (maybe multiple messages!) >> >>Now if Ms. X       at SUNY or Ms. Y     at UCSC  or Dr. Westall >>at Clemson inadvertently >>sends their canned responses to cslist@fudan.edu rather than >>gyqin@fundan.edu... then their reply is reflected back to everybody >>on the original list and to make matters worse, Mr. Gao never >>sees it and so he may try again! > >> >>I don't think we will EVER stop this Chinese spam and so it would >>appear that any of us who respond should be REALLY careful not to >>respond to what looks like a list! >> >>Mike Westall >>Professor of Computer Science and >>Director of Graduate Affairs >>Dept. of Computer Science >>Clemson University >> >> >>>Delivered-To: m7-cslist@fudan.edu >>>Date: 25 Aug 1999 03:13:15 -0000 >>>From: Gao Yongqin  >>>To: cslist@fudan.edu >>>Subject: Application Form Request >>> >>>To Who It May Concern, >>> >>>I am an applicant for the Ph. D. program of Computer Science of your >>>esteemed University with financial aid in Fall'2000. And now I am graduate >>>student of Fudan University,P.R. China.Can you do me a favor to send >>>the application form to the address below. > >MW > > >________________ >Email Forwarding Service Brought To You By: http://www.bn3.com. >We can let you become anybody@anyplace.com. FREE, In 5 minutes! >