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Title: Email question
Post by: Khalee1 on September 29, 2006, 10:10:06 pm
Every so often I'll get a email that has no subject line and no text or anything else. Is that just somebody sending out bougus emails to see if my address is real? I mean I never respond to the things, or  open them as trend micro will pop up at times from them so I just delete them.

But I do wonder about them..
Title: Re: Email question
Post by: Midnight Tech on September 29, 2006, 10:19:55 pm
That's prolly what's happening...I've gotten to the point that I preview my mail through my ISP's online mail program.

Wait until you get emails to yourself FROM yourself!  :o
Title: Re: Email question
Post by: Dracho on September 30, 2006, 08:47:47 am
many of those empty emails didn't start out empty, but your mail server's security software stripped out the contents because it flagged them as malicious.
Title: Re: Email question
Post by: jualdeaux on September 30, 2006, 10:34:50 am
Quote from: Midnight Tech on September 29, 2006, 10:19:55 pm
I've gotten to the point that I preview my mail through my ISP's online mail program.

and that is why I just switched to gmail in the first place.
Title: Re: Email question
Post by: Nemesis on September 30, 2006, 10:46:29 am
Quote from: jualdeaux on September 30, 2006, 10:34:50 am
and that is why I just switched to gmail in the first place.

I ran into a flaw (from my viewpoint anyhow) with GMail. I tried to mail a program and GMail just refused to send it.  As the sender I make that choice as the receiver you should be able to block receiving it and I would support GMail TELLING you that it is potentially dangerous.  GMail deciding to protect me from my own choices with no option to override them I disagree with.
Title: Re: Email question
Post by: Max Torps on September 30, 2006, 11:31:08 am
Quote from: IKV Nemesis on September 30, 2006, 10:46:29 am
Quote from: jualdeaux on September 30, 2006, 10:34:50 am
and that is why I just switched to gmail in the first place.

I ran into a flaw (from my viewpoint anyhow) with GMail. I tried to mail a program and GMail just refused to send it.  As the sender I make that choice as the receiver you should be able to block receiving it and I would support GMail TELLING you that it is potentially dangerous.  GMail deciding to protect me from my own choices with no option to override them I disagree with.

I completely agree with you there and don't bother with gmail for precisely that reason.
Title: Re: Email question
Post by: Nemesis on September 30, 2006, 04:37:38 pm
Quote from: Max Torps on September 30, 2006, 11:31:08 am
I completely agree with you there and don't bother with gmail for precisely that reason.

That was my one and so far only attempt to use GMail.