> ... Don't unsubscribe from spam emails - just delete > them and ignore them. Responses let them know that your email address is > live and could generate more scams/spam. > > Jean in Poole
And don't even open messages you suspect are spam. I didn't realise until recently that some emails contain Web Beacons, which means that when you open the message, the beacon sends back a message to let the sender know that you've opened it. This confirms to them that your address is valid. It seems that Hotmail offers a defence against Web Beacons (see http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/2203251 ). Outlook 2003 can protect against them too. I don't know about other ISPs and email clients. As to not knowing who to trust, I think the advice is never to follow any of the links in these emails, but always to go to the site manually using the address that you normally use. That means you can't be redirected to a look-alike site run by the scammer. Regards, Annette in London - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
