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Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: Waitone on May 15, 2005, 07:19:57 AM

Out of the clear blue ether I start getting emails from what looks like German sources.  The one and only one I opened contained links to what appears to be a German language site.  I did not go to the site.

Not a lot of emails; just enough to be suspicious.

Details
Windows ME (Tried XP and thought I'd be committed to the nut house so I reinstalled ME)
Netscape 7.2
Netscape Mail

What happened and what's fixin' to happen???

Regards
Waitone

Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: jefnvk on May 15, 2005, 07:42:57 AM

Sounds like you got your name on mailing list.  Nothing much you can do except block any emails from that source.  I'd highly suggest not clicking on any link, or replying to the message.

Don't think switching to Thunderbird is necessary, though.

Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: Preacherman on May 15, 2005, 10:07:28 AM

I'll second the recommendation for Thunderbird.  I've used it for over six months now, and it's the best e-mail client I've ever had.

Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: jefnvk on May 15, 2005, 10:42:41 AM

May have to take a look at it.  Does it work with ActiveSync and Hotmail?

However, no matter how good the software is, it won't prevent the messages from going to him, it can only clean them up so he doesn't get them in his inbox.  

Another good suggestion, have two e-mail accounts.  I have my school (my MTU mail) and my 'other' (free Hotmail) accounts.  My school address only gets out on a need-to-know basis.  Only family and school people have that one.  THe Hotmail account gets used for all the signing up for websites stuff.  I only a bit of junk, and a lot of useful stuff, and try to keep it cleared out.  I'm still cautious in giving it out, but it is there so if I do get spammed, it isn't clogging up my important account.

Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: Phantom Warrior on May 15, 2005, 02:04:45 PM

What jevnek said +1...

Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: Paddy on May 15, 2005, 05:18:08 PM

I just started getting some 30-50 of these German junk mails a day.  Thunderbird tosses most of them in the junkmail box, but they're still a pain.

Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: Dave Markowitz on May 16, 2005, 09:47:32 AM

The German-language emails are the result of the latest outbreak of the SOBER worm.

Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: K Frame on May 16, 2005, 09:59:22 AM

I was wondering if it was virus related.

I've been getting a lot of those, as well.

I had my firewall off a few weeks ago, and was afraid someone had spoofed or trojaned me when I had it off.

Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: Greg L on May 17, 2005, 09:56:38 AM

It's a worm.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/120846

Title: Email Experts--What's Goin' On ????
Post by: Waitone on May 18, 2005, 11:24:11 AM

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sober.p@mm.html