[log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> I have been helping a friend, who is not computer savy, with her computer.
> She has been receiving a horrendous amount of  "sex"  & other junk mail--I
> went over to help her install RAM & the new 4.0 AOL & I saw for myself. I
> discarded it all, but each time she checks her mail it's the same thing all
> over again. Can you e-mail me some advice on how to help her? Her address is
> [log in to unmask], & mine is [log in to unmask] (I am at another address right
> now--babysitting & using their computer. I have told her not to open any mail
> unless she recognizes an address--so she probably won't open it if you send
> advise to her at her address. It sounds suspiciously like the Melissa virus,
> but she has a Macintosh. Thanks. Cathy Harper ([log in to unmask]

One thing you should not do is to publish
someone else's e-dress to large newsgroup.

Second, I don't know anything about Melissa,
except that you need appropriate software
to get rid of it.

Thirdly, SPAM.  Ahhh, that's something I do
know a thing or two.

Suppose one gets lurid or even abusive email
from address  [log in to unmask]

1. Remove the "abc" and create three new
   email addresses as follows -

   [log in to unmask]
   [log in to unmask]
   [log in to unmask]

2. DO NOT email the sender of the original email.
   Usually the line that says something to the
   effect that if you want to be removed, reply to
   such-and-such and address is simply a ploy to
   confirm your address so it can be sold to some
   other stupid spammer.

3. Put a BRIEF description of what happened with
   all header info that you can get with a following
   of the email in full.  Brief because the webmaster
   people don't have alot of time to wade through an
   entire dissertation to find the stated problem.
   Header info because that's how they can track people.
   The body of the email for possible evidence.

4. Mail this out to the three new addresses and wait.

   I've had quite a lot of luck with this technique.

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