Doug - Its the repetitive hash tag / pound sign in the OP's (Sean's) initial post which will make many readers think the initial message is SPAM.
Wade is not indicating / stating or implying that a spam message will create the issue initially described by Sean. Wade is telling Sean that a subject line should actually describe the issue / problem, and not be a meaningless repitition / hash of symbols. On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 06/15/2016 04:41 PM, Wade Smart wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Sean Keough <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I am in dire need of some direction. I have been pouring myself into a >>> diary for the past 6 months on an open office word document. Lots of day >>> by day details which I need to have safe and secure. A few days ago I >>> opened up the program, clicked on the file and instead of 15 pages of diary >>> I have 15 pages of hashtags. >>> ############################################################################################## >>> and so on. >>> What can I do? How do I recover the doc? I have tired a number of >>> things and none of them did anything. I just can't believe that it would >>> just be gone like that with no recourse. Please respond quickly as I >>> need to continue to journal. >>> Thank you, Sean Keough >>> 636.734.1009 >>> >> Some direction -> Subject line. It should describe the problem. >> This one - it indicates spam. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> Wade, can you tell us what kind of spam would create this problem, and > what (if anything) could be done to identify and block it? I'm not using > OO, but I suppose this sort of attack could > > bollix up any program. Or does it only attack OO? > > --doug > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
