"Strange" e-mails

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For the past month or so I get one or more e-mails almost every day with
both the sender and the subject line made up of (usually) long strings of
mostly accented characters. I have never opened any of these, and so far
none have contained attachments. If I right-click and look at the
properties, they seem to travel via a rather round about route before
getting to me.

Anyone have any idea what these are and where they come from?

 

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You should delete any email that you have no idea who sent it
to you. You have nothing to gain except perhaps becoming
infected with a virus.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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"Cooter" wrote:

| For the past month or so I get one or more e-mails almost every day with
| both the sender and the subject line made up of (usually) long strings of
| mostly accented characters. I have never opened any of these, and so far
| none have contained attachments. If I right-click and look at the
| properties, they seem to travel via a rather round about route before
| getting to me.
|
| Anyone have any idea what these are and where they come from?

 

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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:57:44 GMT, "Cooter" <cooter@msn.com> wrote:
>For the past month or so I get one or more e-mails almost every day with
>both the sender and the subject line made up of (usually) long strings of
>mostly accented characters. I have never opened any of these, and so far

Lucky you... I get between a dozen and 3 dozen every day

Use a product like MailWasher to screen messages before you download,
so there is no way a virus will even reach your computer
http://www.mailwasher.net/


John Thomas Smith
http://www.direct2usales.com
http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith