I, too, have received several hundred of these. As a result, I upgraded my
antivirus software and installed additional internet security and anti-spam
programming [Norton Internet Security 2004]. So far, it seems to be working
well [today's virus scan with virus definitions updated earlier today
pronounced my computer 'clean' and the anti-spam feature is working a lot
better than the Outlook Express message rules did]. I will be checking the
spam folder before I empty it, to avoid deleting unread mail I actually want
to receive, at least for a while.

But I would suggest that all of us, if sending private emails to others who
post here, use very specific subject lines, to help each other avoid
deleting good mail along with the piles of spam ...

Death to spammers and hackers!

--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids

http://www.jborchids.com
"keith" wrote in message
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hi everyone I am sure I am not the only one receiving Microsoft's security
updates(viruses as Microsoft don't email to tell you of updates)I am
getting
hundreds a day, among other Spam mail,returned mail that I haven't sent!
I now this isn't about orchids,but this issue needs looking at!is there
anyway I can get my email address not to be shown after a posted
message,your email address should be private unless you want to give it
out!I have had to create more email addresses,& cancel my original.The
only
way around this I can think of is to create a new email address,private
one
only give it out to trusted parties.keep the original for newsgroups etc!
thanks keith