Hi All. Very interesting.. what just happened.. I went to "block sender" and the address was MINE.. so - if anyone is planning to do this.. Be careful.. cause apparently.. there's a way to send emails.. and put YOUR address in the "sender" .. Hmmm. who would've thought that could be done.. and btw. it was PORN.. UGH..
HELENE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helene Leavitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 6:03 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: re outlook express > Hi Guys. > > Well, this morning. I opened my email and only had 19 messages. of which 4 > where stuff I didnt' want.. So thats not too bad.. Those 4.. were > advertisements.. for insurance. and "get a date". LOL.. But thats not bad, > in comparison to some mornings. when I have TONS to delete.. So, Clint, > maybe it IS working. cause this is considerably less than I normally would > be getting. > > I checked my spamanitor(from Earthlink) I had over 541 messages in there.. > and just because I was curious. I did 3 complete pages of them. ,looking at > the names. and YES, they were all spam.. So Earthlink is doing it's job.. in > not letting those get thru... and those are just for about 2 weeks.. So > thats ALOT.. So, I'm pleased that Earthlink.. has this going.. and also > their pop-up stopper. which really does work. > > As far as swithching back to Netscape.. I'm already happy, and comfortable > with IE and Outlook Express.. and I had Netscape ONLY in the past. and I > have found there are so many more features with IE. and being able to use > Outlook Express.. so for "now". I'm sticking with these programs.. I did > have Netscape 7.1 in the past. > > I really dont' need to have my own domain.. cause I'm only on the computer. > for pleasure. I dont' have 'customers'. or acct's.. so it's not that I need > to have my own domain..(though, it does sound nice).. but not something I > need.... Thanks. > > Oh, and I do agree, NEVER send them an email back.. One day.. over a year > ago. out of pure frustration. at my moms house. She sent them an email. > telling them she's an 80 year old lady(she is now 80) and doesnt' want their > "Viagra" ads anymore.. Since then. She has gotten TONS more..SIGH. I had > done the same thing.. (again, out of pure frustration. about 2 -3 years > ago.. and then I realized, OH DARN. what Did I do.. I knew better, but I was > annoyed and wanted them to stop. and instead.. YES, what I did. was give > them a valid email address..But that was over 2 years ago for me.. and about > a year ago for my mom.. (who btw. still insists that if she writes to them. > "maybe they'll listen".. LOL.. Try to explain, WHY she can't to her.. and it > doesn't work.. LOL But thats mom.. > > Anyway, so far. I've found the blocking to be working.. but as you say, > maybe it's not really, and I"ve just had a "lucky couple of days".. Who > knows.. LOL > > Thanks again. > Helene > > > > HELENE > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 3:23 AM > Subject: Re: PCWorks: re outlook express > > > > Helene I never saw the original post on this, and it's not in > > the archives. "Cindy's" post is also edited so I'm not sure > > what this is *exactly* about. Going on the assumption you want > > to know about OE's email blocking feature: It's basically > > useless. Not only does it not work, (or maybe work a few small > > %'age of the time), but as Jeff mentioned it's useless since > > the overwhelming majority of parasites that send SPAM use fake > > email addresses in the "return path". You can still report > > ===================================================== ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
