Re: I'm receiving strange email. Is it because I have posted inthis newsgroup?

[Sandy]

Surgicalrn wrote:
> I too have been getting those "microsoft latest security patch" and
> "couldn't be delivered" emails. I don't open the attachments either
> but they all have .exe on them and I run a Mac, so they wouldn't work
> on my computer anyway. I've been getting 20 or so of these emails
> every day for about two weeks now! I finally created a "rule" to
> delete these little puppies as soon as the arrive because I got so
> tired of my inbox being flooded with them. Very annoying!


Try this and you won't need to download them.You can set up filters, delete
or bounce them straight from your ISP, that goes for any mail you don't want
to see. You can also set up a "friends list" for mail you do want and keep
it seperate from the list so you don't accidentally delete something
important. I have been using it for months now, one click and they are all
gone :)

http://www.mailwasher.net/

I've deleted abot 3000 of these thing over the past few weeks, and that is a
coservative estimate, it is probably more.

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Sandy
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[Jimmy]

I did not read anything about viruses on MACs. I was talking to the Windows
folks. Viruses are a problem on Windows because its use is so pervasive. The
MAC community is so small in comparison. I am going to put Linux and X
windows on my old PCs though... so I'll know more info about that in the
future.

Jim


"Surgicalrn" > wrote in message
...
> I'm assuming since I run a Mac I don't have to worry with this or am I
> wrong? All the virus scan stuff that is for "free" or what have you are
> always for Windows based systems. The guys at the Mac store told me I
really
> didn't have to worry about it because almost all viruses, worms, etc. are
> windows based. They told me to never download and run program installers
> from the internet unless I get it from Tucows, CNet or some other
reputable
> internet based software place and I know I haven't run any type of program
> that was downloaded unless it was from one of these.
>