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Dear list,
Is this a real request or a phishing?
Sorry to be so freaky, but I had just finished reading a security newlestter and then got this re-confirmation email.
Regards,
embee
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G'day,
The website link points to the correct place so I'd imagine that unless someone hacked the site all is as it says.
regards
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I got it, too, and went ahead and clicked (very hesitantly I might add), but it seems legit. I would rather that Anu had just said to come to the AWAD website and find the appropriate link there, but.
formerly known as etaoin...
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I got it, too, and went ahead and clicked (very hesitantly I might add), but it seems legit. I would rather that Anu had just said to come to the AWAD website and find the appropriate link there, but. Ditto, I got it too, and it returned me to the site.
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Thx folks. I guess I'll try to find the thing again and click on the link. Gee whiz, I don't know where I put it. 
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I may be paranoid, but I don't trust any e-mail that tells me to click on a link in order to do what they ask. I immediately sent an e-mail asking Wordsmith to confirm if it was a legitimate request.... 
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Thanks Faldage 
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Did you find out if we are legit??
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My computer has suffered no ill effects from the link-clicking. But I'm on a mac, so your mileage may vary.
(and I know, bad stuff can happen to macs, too, it's just not as likely. Which is why I felt comfortable trying the link.)
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Yes, it's genuine. Reconfirmations are a hassle for everyone involved but we have to do it to remove inactive addresses. Thanks.
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Thank you, sir!
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I may be paranoid, but I don't trust any e-mail that tells me to click on a link in order to do what they ask. I immediately sent an e-mail asking Wordsmith to confirm if it was a legitimate request.... --- I am very pleased to report back that I have received a reply to my e-mail: "Yes, we are reconfirming addresses on our subscription list. We are doing spring cleaning and removing inactive addresses from our list. Thanks for being a subscriber of AWAD. Regards, Wordsmith.org"
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