Kukeh,

 

Thanx for this advice. I think everyone should take heed. I had all kinds of spoofing and headaches with my hotmail account not to mention the havoc those who work ay hotmail try to wreak on unsuspecting subscribers to make money on the side. I mean I would advise my friends and family never to get hotmail accounts or Juno (netzero) accounts for that matter. I don't have that experience with Yahoo, gmail, or any other free service yet and I've had accounts with all of them.

 

Galleh and Ndokeh, I think Kukeh is right that because of the high profile nature of the two of you, your emails and any further information someone can glean from you, even information you may think is unimportant, is gold to folk who regularly prowl the net. There may be some of those folk who subscribe in the same networking communities like facebook, jhoos, etc. just to mine information. And I haven't even said anything about paypal.

 

Ndokeh I think you are overeacting a bit vis-a-vis not trusting Kukeh. We must realise that Ellen itself although our host takes enormous steps to preserve our privacies, is vulnerable to a tenacious and unsuspecting criminal. My tantrum against Laye was just that a tantrum although if Laye could he would curtail my posting privileges, if for nothing else, simply because I do not yield BDOIS any more value.

 

Anyway, I encourage us to look at Ellen's managers in a totally new light. They are our partners. I don't think they would benefit much from our abandonment of Ellen because of our distrust of them. They do volunteer to manage the listserv for us. I do admire them and sometimes I keep thinking they must have nerves of steel. Where else can you cuss a listmanager and remain favoured in that community? And whenever we feel aversed, it is best we try to hash it out right there and then. It is very easy for us to suspect list managers for infringement on our email privacy simply because they may have access to our subscription details. But I came to realise that if you are high profile like Galleh and Nderry, somebody is trying every day to be you. Trust me.

 

Haruna. 

 

Baba,
Good to see that BambaLaye is helping out. Over the years G-L had
several  incidences of email hacking, most infamous being that of Pa
Nderry's.  My take is free mail accounts are not hack-proof and
high-profile accounts like yours and Pa Nderry's are most vulnerable. A
few tips that can help:

1. retain multiple accounts just in case.
2. use dedicated account for Gambia-l stuff
3. develop a habit of using complex passwords.
4. change your  password regularly
5.when hacked change your account

Malanding


Baba Galleh Jallow wrote:
> Dear Bamba Laye,
> 
> I sent this message earlier to the list but it bounced back. I think
> our friend is still trying to unsubscribe me. Please check it out for
> me if you get a moment. This is a cc to you.
>
> And thanks for the heads up. I definitely was not in New York and no
> person I share my log in details with has been in NY either. So I
> guess someone gained access to my account to unsubscribe me. However,
> I thank God that I have nothing absolutely to hide in my account. To
> that person, I say I forgive you my friend. May God forgive you for
> violating my privacy and seeking to cause offense. No offense taken
> here. Thanks again Bamba Laye.
>
> 
> Baba
>
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