jema
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.pif dodgy emails seem on the riseDon't know how general this is, but I seem to be getting a lot more emails with attachments like "yourbill.pif" 
So I thought i'd remind people that a ".pif" attachment is 99.99% certain to be something nasty.
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sean
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Haven't had any of those, yet. I got my first piece of spam to my downsizer address this morning. 
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jema
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| sean wrote: | | Haven't had any of those, yet. I got my first piece of spam to my downsizer address this morning. |
Spam is a bugger, I have just had to "blackhole" all unrouted mail to marsjupiter as suddenly it is attracting spam to random non existant names there
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RoryD
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If you get spam to a non existant name is the best aaproach to mail back the Unsubscribe option if there is one, or to ignore it totally?
I'm leaving everything at the mo- just curious.
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sean
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My understanding is to bin it. If you click on a link, even one labelled 'unsubscribe' then they know it's a valid address.
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jema
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| sean wrote: | | My understanding is to bin it. If you click on a link, even one labelled 'unsubscribe' then they know it's a valid address. |
Absoluetly.
Also you should never download pictures in spam emails. Often these will be downloaded from a server that will then know that the address is legit.
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RoryD
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Great, thanks!
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dougal
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Wise point. But note that "downloading pictures" has to be specifically turned OFF, otherwise they'll be taken automagically.
And because the "picture" might be only a single dot, you'd probably never know it was there...
Such things were known as "web bugs" and Google should turn up more than you would want to know!
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liddy
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| dougal wrote: | Wise point. But note that "downloading pictures" has to be specifically turned OFF, otherwise they'll be taken automagically.
And because the "picture" might be only a single dot, you'd probably never know it was there...
Such things were known as "web bugs" and Google should turn up more than you would want to know! |
Definately a sage piece of advice. In fact good advice all round.
If you haven't asked for it, don't read it, just bin it! I also add stuff to my Junk Mail filter and every week or so delete the lot.
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