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HiTech · 11th July 2006, 12:05 PM

From time to time I get these senseless emails and I am wondering what they are about. They often are of choppy, confusing sentence structure. Rarely is there an attachment. I never actually click on them and they get immediately screened by my email pgm. that learns and identifies them as junk, but the preview pane displays the body of the email. Here's the latest one, and if you ask me, it comes off rather gay like:

From: "August House" <AugustHouse@0451.com>
Subject: DLQ

"Shut up, you bastard!" I said to Tender.
for sure as long as you make that pullup so hard. Fletcher, you lost forty
headquarters. They're all well-built healthy fellows. They don't have to go
before at seventy, and with the faintest twist of his wingtips he eased

**Nigel Goodwin** · 11th July 2006, 02:52 PM

It's either spam or a virus, just delete them without opening them!.

HiTech · 11th July 2006, 02:55 PM

I gathered they are spam of sorts, more than that of a virus. My antivirus software would be reporting activity to me if it was that.

Papabravo · 11th July 2006, 05:04 PM

Their purpose is to develop a list of active non-bouncing email addresses.

JimB · 11th July 2006, 05:30 PM

You need to reach back down into that monitor and give the originator a good slap.

JimB

dknguyen · 11th July 2006, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimB

You need to reach back down into that monitor and give the originator a good slap.

JimB

Not possible with current technology...yet...

PDubya · 12th July 2006, 02:26 PM

Almost always the gibberish paragraphs are to try and get through spam filters that use bayesian filtering. But Nigel's right, usually there is an embedded URL or a hidden image with a unique tag that "phones home" that yoru email is valid.

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11th July 2006, 12:05 PM	(permalink)
HiTech	weird emails - what's their purpose? From time to time I get these senseless emails and I am wondering what they are about. They often are of choppy, confusing sentence structure. Rarely is there an attachment. I never actually click on them and they get immediately screened by my email pgm. that learns and identifies them as junk, but the preview pane displays the body of the email. Here's the latest one, and if you ask me, it comes off rather gay like: From: "August House" <AugustHouse@0451.com> Subject: DLQ "Shut up, you bastard!" I said to Tender. for sure as long as you make that pullup so hard. Fletcher, you lost forty headquarters. They're all well-built healthy fellows. They don't have to go before at seventy, and with the faintest twist of his wingtips he eased __________________ Don't make me reach through this monitor to slap you a good one!

11th July 2006, 02:52 PM	(permalink)
Nigel Goodwin	It's either spam or a virus, just delete them without opening them!. __________________ PIC programmer software, and PIC Tutorials at: http://www.winpicprog.co.uk

11th July 2006, 02:55 PM	(permalink)
HiTech	I gathered they are spam of sorts, more than that of a virus. My antivirus software would be reporting activity to me if it was that. __________________ Don't make me reach through this monitor to slap you a good one!

11th July 2006, 05:04 PM	(permalink)
Papabravo	Their purpose is to develop a list of active non-bouncing email addresses.

11th July 2006, 05:30 PM	(permalink)
JimB	You need to reach back down into that monitor and give the originator a good slap. JimB __________________ Experience is directly proportional to the value of the equipment ruined.

12th July 2006, 02:26 PM	(permalink)
PDubya	Almost always the gibberish paragraphs are to try and get through spam filters that use bayesian filtering. But Nigel's right, usually there is an embedded URL or a hidden image with a unique tag that "phones home" that yoru email is valid.