Cynthia- The E-mails are probably causing your computer to try to connect to the Internet because they are HTML-formatted messages that contain elements (such as graphics) that need to be downloaded from the Internet. The surest way to stop this behavior is to change your computer's Internet connection settings. Do do this, open Control Panel> Internet Options, and choose the "Connections" tab. In the middle of the window, select "Never dial a connection" -- I bet that right now "Always dial my default connection" is selected. Now that you've changed this setting, your computer will only dial when you tell it to. (This means you'll have to connect before checking your mail, browsing the Web, etc.
As an alternative, you could disable the preview pane in Outlook Express,as you suggested. This should also do what you want, by letting you delete the messages without any dialing taking place -- so long as you don't open the message. Jon At 02:18 PM 11/19/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Lately I have been getting a ton of spam e-mails that seem to try to dial >the internet as soon as they pop up in the preview pane (everything from >lower your mortgage rate to enlarge your penis size. Sheesh!). They try so >hard to dial the connection, that sometimes I don't even have time after >clicking "cancel" to hit the "delete" button before they start to try >dialing again. Does anyone have any suggestions for dealing with these >abominations short of turning off the preview pane (I'm assuming that would >do it - haven't actually tried yet)? > >I use Outlook Express, if that makes any difference. This is my work >account, which is the address on our website - which is probably why it is >becoming flooded with this garbage. I'm seriously thinking about getting an >e-mail alias for that purpose and changing it every three or four months. I >frequently get half a dozen or more of these in a day. Spam e-mail is the >pits! > >-cynthia > >**Folkschool-list archives are at: ><http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > Jonathan Falk Pine Tree Folk School RR 2, Box 7162 Carmel, ME 04419 (207)848-2433 <http://www.ptfolkschool.org> **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84vzQ.a9gqS3 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
