[Boatanchors] E-mail issues

[rbethman]

The cure is actually simple.

Actually, it isn't that an individual has his Computer hacked, it is a 
case of using web based email, and your browser gets a *bad* cookie.

This "cookie" allows these folks to hijack your or whomever's ON-LINE 
web mail.

They then exploit this, since your address book is on-line, they get to 
*scrape* it and have fun at your or whomever's expense,

I just got a member of another list to go with Thunderbird on his 
desktop or laptop.

I also told him to DELETE his on-line address book.

His problems are now resolved.

I wholeheartedly agree with regard to Micro$oft Outlook!

My experience comes from being an Old Tired *former* E-mail System 
Administrator.  With over three years at the Pentagon, (Puzzle Palace!)

It never ceased to amaze me the links that were in a message, that got 
clicked on no matter what rank and education of a subscriber!

[Spent untold hours using "custom" written scripts to clean the Exchange 
Server Message store.]

Bob - N0DGN

On 11/17/2012 9:59 AM, Ron Youvan wrote:
>     David C. KW4DH Hallam wrote:
>
>> As long as people use web based email accounts, there is not much you
>> can do about it except hit your delete button.
>     The other problem is:  As long as people use Micro$oft products, POP3 services endanger *their
> computer* with viruses and all forms of malware.  Web based E-mail is the only salvation from those
> problems, save knowing what you are doing.  (rare as far as I know)
>
>     Viruses, spyware and malware as we know them, are purely a Micro$oft phenomenon.