Spam??

Marjorie Dickso · #1 09/11/07, 08:49 PM

There is an e-mail the sender and the subject is:White, Patricia A SFC RES USA Raw Milk (UNCLASSIFIED)

I don't know whether to open it or not. Anyone else receive anything from this person?

myheaven · #2 09/11/07, 09:29 PM

my rule If I dont know who sent it, it gets deleated.

MoonShine · #3 09/11/07, 09:36 PM

Is it not okay to open spam emails? I always thought it was okay to open them,but not okay to click on any links or dowload any attachments. I just delete the obviously spam emails but some I do open(when I'm not sure if the content is legit or not).
I used to get a lot of homestead related emails because I was signed up at different Yahoo groups that were homesteading related. Maybe that's how you got it?

BillHoo · #4 09/11/07, 09:37 PM

Quick look in the military email directory I see there are 3 Patricia Whites in the Army Reserve on Unclass email.

Other than that, I wouldn't recommend opening email from people I don't know.

Could be her email server got hit wih a zombie attack and was hijacked to send out spam.

Selena · #5 09/11/07, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoonShine

Is it not okay to open spam emails? I always thought it was okay to open them,but not okay to click on any links or dowload any attachments. I just delete the obviously spam emails but some I do open(when I'm not sure if the content is legit or not).
I used to get a lot of homestead related emails because I was signed up at different Yahoo groups that were homesteading related. Maybe that's how you got it?

Opening the email *could* tell the sender that the address is valid thus causing more spam.