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"THE REASON YOUVE BEEN GETTING EXTRA SPAM IN HOTMAIL"

i got this in an email fowarded from a mate. I assumes it was junk but tried it anywa. Its HONESTLY not.

Hi everyone - Have you all been receiving a lot of junkmail lately?
This might be the reason why...

Did you know that about 2 months ago MSN added 2 little boxes in all
the profiles? These boxes, if marked share your email with other
users. One box, if ticked, gives other people the right to see your
information including your address. Now MSN has taken all the
passports that were created before they added this and marked YES
SHARE MY INFORMATION and did not tell anyone. (!!!!)

HOW to remove your name: sign into your email account (for those
with more then 1 you have to do it for all of them), click on
Options then Personal Profile and scroll to the bottom ... u will
see the TWO added boxes - remove the check marks and finish up. PLZ
FWD this to everyone who has hotmail - lets not wait until it is too
late (this may decrease all that junk mail that seems to have
doubled lately). CHECK it out. It's true.


The 2 boxes mentioned allow microsoft to share your details (address etc)with other companies and give youe email address to other people.

go uncheck the boxes unless you havn't already.

Semajal wrote:
> that guy has a virus i imagine which is sending the emails itself.

No, I think whoever is doing it is doing it on purpose. Whether they have set up a new account or not simply to mail out viruses all day I don't know but this "human" would not have my address in his address book and tries to hide the originating email address although unsuccessfully.

I think it is about time that people are tracked on the net. Most people would agree. For one, there would be no more spam or you could sue the sender. No more child pornography because those who posted it would be found out instantly. No more race hate sites or hooligans organising violence. It would cut down on a lot of unsavoury things about the internet.

Of course, there would be problems. I live in a house with three mates and we all sometimes use each other's PCs to share files etc. I have already been embarassed by a housemate who thought it would be funny to go on my PC whilst I was out a email a girl from my address book confessing my undying love for her. Luckily, she knew it wasn't me but if the internet was policed properly, there could be many problems should someone else go on your PC.

I'm just rambling now cos it is 1 in the morning and I am slightly drunk.

Lord H wrote:
> Until I turned my Hotmail spam filter to delete all mail defined as
> Junk immediately I was getting at least four mails a day from a
> address [email protected]. Every single mail from that address
> had a virus attached. The mail came pretending to be from someone in
> my address book but when looking at the Headers it was obvious that it
> was the same person sending them over and over again.
>
> Does anyone know of a way of finding out who sent the mails? Cos I
> would love to take a trip to Italy to "talk" to this person
> who is sending me these mails all day....
>
> By the time I finish "talking" to him I doubt he would be
> able to send mails anymore.

BLOCK THE ADDRESS FS!!!!!!!!!!!

that guy has a virus i imagine which is sending the emails itself.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Semajal wrote:
> myst likes the free pr0n emails..
>
> do I detect someone who's spent too much time on PAnet?

mainly from talking in #vanx or #vampy on planetarion:random server on mirc.

heh

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Semajal wrote:
> myst likes the free pr0n emails..
>
> do I detect someone who's spent too much time on PAnet?

Wasnt that what they called it on Phatmax.net?

So i was told....

Wow... unticked the box finally!

Semajal wrote:
> myst likes the free pr0n emails..

do I detect someone who's spent too much time on PAnet?

Thank you, Job done.

Although I might keep the one offering me breast enlargements.

I've always fancied a pair of my own. :D

Until I turned my Hotmail spam filter to delete all mail defined as Junk immediately I was getting at least four mails a day from a address [email protected]. Every single mail from that address had a virus attached. The mail came pretending to be from someone in my address book but when looking at the Headers it was obvious that it was the same person sending them over and over again.

Does anyone know of a way of finding out who sent the mails? Cos I would love to take a trip to Italy to "talk" to this person who is sending me these mails all day....

By the time I finish "talking" to him I doubt he would be able to send mails anymore.

I have never recieved spam in my hotmail account. But my AOL one gets totally harrased, its usually something like " CHEAP VIAGRA 24 HR DELIVERY" or "NATURAL WAYS TO A BIGGER PENIS" Sorry for using caps but they do in the subject headings of the emails in question.

Spam's hillarious, I got one yesterday telling me how to give my Girlfriend multiple orgasms in 5 minutes, apparently if I buy some kind of spray from them then it's easier than clicking your fingers.

*trys to click finger and breaks it in the process*