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Hi everyone
I received this note from Helen a little while ago
There are some good tips in here regarding beating spam and email viruses (or is it virui)
If anyone else has some good ideas or tips to beat spam then send them back as well
It's about time someone other than me did the talking :)
Thanks Helen
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Subject: Fw: How to avoid viruses & junk mail
I am sure most of you already know how to properly pass on an email , but for those that don't , here it is
You all probably know how to do this but you may know of someone who doesn't:
How to avoid viruses and junk mail -----
Finally, someone took the time to put this in writing.
Sending it on in hopes that everyone who currently does not do this will read it and figure out that it only takes a second to delete all the
addresses in the forward.
FOR EVERYONE WHO SENDS E-MAILS, PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY!!!!!
Do you really know how to forward e-mails? 50% of us do; 50% do NOT. Do you
wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Do you hate it? Every time you
forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got the
message before you, namely their e-mail addresses. As the messages get
forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and
all it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his (her) computer can
send that virus to every e-mail address that has come across his computer.
Or, someone can take all of those addresses and sell them or send junk mail
to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and he will make five
cents for each hit. That's right, all of that inconvenience over a nickel!
How do you stop it? Well, there are two easy steps:
1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear
in the body of the message. That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and
delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do. It
only takes a second. You MUST click the "Forward" button first, then you
will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers of the
message.
If you don't click on "Forward" first, you won't be able to edit the message
at all.
2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the To:
or Cc: columns for adding e-mail address. Always use the BCC: (blind carbon
copy) column for listing the e-mail addresses. This is the way that people
you send to only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your BCC:
option click on where it says To: and your address list will appear.
Highlight the address and choose BCC: and that's it, it's that easy. When
you send to BCC: in this manner, your message will automatically say
"Undisclosed Recipients" in the "TO:" field of the people who receive it.
So please, in the future, let's stop the junk mail and the viruses!
Finally, here's an idea!!! Let's send this to everyone we know. (but strip
my address off first). This is something that SHOULD be forwarded.
Hope you find the above info useful and helpful!
mulligroup@miltonulladulla.com
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I received this note from Helen a little while ago
There are some good tips in here regarding beating spam and email viruses (or is it virui)
If anyone else has some good ideas or tips to beat spam then send them back as well
It's about time someone other than me did the talking :)
Thanks Helen
--------------------------
Subject: Fw: How to avoid viruses & junk mail
I am sure most of you already know how to properly pass on an email , but for those that don't , here it is
You all probably know how to do this but you may know of someone who doesn't:
How to avoid viruses and junk mail -----
Finally, someone took the time to put this in writing.
Sending it on in hopes that everyone who currently does not do this will read it and figure out that it only takes a second to delete all the
addresses in the forward.
FOR EVERYONE WHO SENDS E-MAILS, PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY!!!!!
Do you really know how to forward e-mails? 50% of us do; 50% do NOT. Do you
wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Do you hate it? Every time you
forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got the
message before you, namely their e-mail addresses. As the messages get
forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and
all it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his (her) computer can
send that virus to every e-mail address that has come across his computer.
Or, someone can take all of those addresses and sell them or send junk mail
to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and he will make five
cents for each hit. That's right, all of that inconvenience over a nickel!
How do you stop it? Well, there are two easy steps:
1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear
in the body of the message. That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and
delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do. It
only takes a second. You MUST click the "Forward" button first, then you
will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers of the
message.
If you don't click on "Forward" first, you won't be able to edit the message
at all.
2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the To:
or Cc: columns for adding e-mail address. Always use the BCC: (blind carbon
copy) column for listing the e-mail addresses. This is the way that people
you send to only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your BCC:
option click on where it says To: and your address list will appear.
Highlight the address and choose BCC: and that's it, it's that easy. When
you send to BCC: in this manner, your message will automatically say
"Undisclosed Recipients" in the "TO:" field of the people who receive it.
So please, in the future, let's stop the junk mail and the viruses!
Finally, here's an idea!!! Let's send this to everyone we know. (but strip
my address off first). This is something that SHOULD be forwarded.
Hope you find the above info useful and helpful!
mulligroup@miltonulladulla.com
Contact Information
This email is brought to you on behalf of the Mulligrubs - Milton Ulladulla Internet & Computers Users Group
http://mulligrubs.shoalhaven.info/
The Mulligrubs meet on the last Thursday of each month at the Ulladulla CTC - Top of the Town Complex, Ulladulla NSW 2539
Send comments, suggestions, or questions about this newsletter to mulligroup@miltonulladulla.com
You can subscribe or unsubscribe from this discussion group at any time.
Simply send a request to mulligroup@miltonulladulla.com
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