"You've Received A Greeting Card From A Friend ..."

[Realgirls4me]

To the tech savvy: Two out of my three email accounts have been simply bombarded for the last month by some of the following:


FunnyPostcard.Com: You've received a greeting card from a School friend! Sun 08/05

MyPostcards.Com: You've received a postcard from a Family member! Sun 08/05

123greetings.com: You've received an ecard from a Neighbor!Sun 08/05

postcards.com: You've received a greeting card from a Partner!Sun 08/05

GreetingCards.Com: You've received a postcard from a Neighbour!Sun 08/05

GreetingCards.Com: You've received a postcard from a Mate!Sun 08/05

bluemountain.com: You've received a greeting card from a Friend! 08/05





What's going on here with regards to spam filters?

How can one know when it's the real thing (I am loved by some believe it or not, so I have been the recipient of the real ones. :) )?

Has anyone followed through? What, more Cialis or Viagra at the end?

Damn, those things are annoying!

[gaiseric]

I've received six or seven e-mails saying I have received a greeting card from someone. Most of them I have ignored, but on 2 occasions when I opened them, my virus catched went berserk. Luckily it found all the viruses and deleted them before they caused a problem but it's bloody annoying. :x

I also average 10 mails for viagra and cialis every day. Most get caught by the spam catcher but a couple usually get through. I just delete them.

[mbf]

block the adresses.

NEVER send anything back, not even an insult. by doing so you verify that your adress is correct and be prepared for vanother deluge.

set ur mail preferences to accept only certain known e-mail addies.

never open an e-mail that is of unknown source. i never open anything other than mail from certified sources.

most likely your e-mail addy was in some listing/adress book that got into the hand of some spam-dumbo

[Jericho]

set ur mail preferences to accept only certain known e-mail addies.



That's an aol featurette, init.
It's one of the banes of my life [seriously, it's a pain in the arse for the rest of the world].

Never catch another virus through email.

First, dump that piece of crap, outhouse express.
Get a real mail client your mileage might vary]
Make sure your AV's up to date.
Get a FREE pop3 checker [One that lets you open suspicious emails as text files].