e-mail

[paul]

I am getting over a 100 e-mail a day. Each one says open
attachment, my antivirus tell me each one is infected,. I
delete every one of the e-mails. How do I stop these
messages?????

 

[Testy]

For starters do not use your real or primary address here, it is where they
mostly come from. How do I know? Because the address I use here is the ONLY
place I use it.

Testy

 

[Jack Seredyniecki]

Just wait a few days. The virus (SoBig) should stop spreading soon.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If the emails are carrying the W32.Sobig.F worm, this may help.
If not, you'll have to provide more specific information.

A rule will prevent you from seeing anymore of these emails. The
below was written for Outlook Express, so you may need to adapt it for
whatever email client you're using.

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Shamelessly borrowed from an earlier post by David:

Go to Tools, Message Rules, Mail.

Create a new mail rule by checking the box "New" (call it Sobig killer
if you want)

in the first box, check off "Where the subject line contains specific
words"

in the next box check off "Delete it from server" [it is the last
choice on list. Scroll down! It is not "Delete it"!]

in the third box click on "contains specific words" in the second
line.

in the new window that opens, type in each of the following
phrases,one at a time, and click ADD (to the right in the same window)
after each one. This should add, one at a time, each of the phrases
to the lower box in the window:

Re: Details
Re: Approved
Re: Re: My details
Re: Thank you!
Re: That movie
Re: Wicked screensaver
Re: Your application
Thank you!
Your details


Bruce Chambers

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[Sven Zallmann]

For starters do not use your real or primary address here

^^^^

As far as I am informed, there is an RFC requiring usenet posters
to post with an existing email address in the From: header.

 

[Testy]

Even so use a "throw away" address not your primary one. Lots of places to
get a free address on the web.

Testy