Re: Problems With Questionable E-Mail

by "Kevin Bayley" <webmaster(at)prairienorth.com>

 Date:  Sat, 4 May 2002 10:36:34 -0600
 To:  "C. A. Milton" <camilton(at)hauntedhalloweencastle.com>,
<hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
 References:  cc1095743a
  todo: View Thread, Original
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----- Original Message -----
From: "C. A. Milton" <camilton(at)hauntedhalloweencastle.com>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 9:50 AM
Subject: Problems With Questionable E-Mail


> I hope this is not off topic.  I have been receiving more e-mail lately
sent
> to my web-page address.  A lot have .gif , .scr, or .xls attachments,
which
> trigger the "Open Attachment Warning" message window from Outlook Express.
> To date my response is to always delete them, even though unsure whether
> they're okay messages actually intended for me (and not spam/harmful mail.
>
> I hope I am not deleting any messages that come from the hwg-basics list
> (that mail comes in through my web page address too).  Has anyone found a
> way to protect against this potentially harmful mail?  Any ideas on how to
> better handle these messages from unknown people would be much
appreciated.
>
>
> Caryl
>

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