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Old May 12th 06, 10:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
AlmostBob
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Default Tackling OE spam in my name

You are not the source
someone who has your email address in their address book is infected
and using randomly generated names based on domains in the address book, and
your name as the reply to address
there isnt much you can do about it

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Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
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"OldReuben" wrote in message
...
Hello. Spam messages appear to be going out from my OE account to a

random
variety of addresses. The "From" part of the messages employ the second

part
of my e-mail address ) but the first part is usually just

a
jumble of random numbers.

These messages are either going to random non-existent addresses or they

are
being blocked by spam filters. Either way they bounce back to me and I am
sick of it.

Is there any way I can stop these messages being sent?

Also, I have been thinking of cancelling my OE account since I rarely use

it
for genuine mail (99% of my Inbox is spam) and I use a web-based e-mail
program for most of my mail needs. How exactly do you cancel an OE

account?

Many thanks

JOHN



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