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From: dadiOH on 9 Feb 2010 12:03 PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: > It's not from a known source, it's from what looks to be a known > source. This is called spoofing. OP says... "I get an email from a known source, then, almost instantly, another email "arrives" with exactly the same subject line as the righteous email but containing the aformentioned text as the body." I took him at his word :) dadiOH ____________ > dadiOH wrote: >> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >>> Why do I keep getting adverts in my mailbox every week for stores & >>> businesses I've never heard of, that are hundreds of miles away from >>> my home and that I wouldn't patronize anyway? >> >> You're missing his point... >> >> 1. He gets an email from a known source >> >> 2. He then gets SPAM with the *same subject* as the first - the one >> from the >> known source.
From: Lem on 9 Feb 2010 14:00 HeyBub wrote: > dadiOH wrote: >> HeyBub wrote: >>> I get an email. Almost instantly another email "arrives" with the >>> same subject but containing the following text: >>> >>> --- begin quote >>> Hello >>> >>> How are you doing recently? >> <snip> >> >> Is there a pattern vis a vis the first email and the second? For >> example, the SPAM always follows legit mail from a specific person or >> IP... > > No. The message always follows a legit email, but the original sender seems > to be irrelevant. I'm reluctant to call it "spam" because I'm pretty sure it > was not actually SENT by a spammer. I think it's being generated internally > to my computer and stuffed in my in-box. > > It might be a bit tedious, but to confirm whether these spurious messages are being generated locally or not, check the headers in your inbox on your ISP's server without actually downloading anything. That way you can see if messages with duplicate subjects are in fact arriving at your ISP. Some ISPs have a web interface to their POP3 mail. Or you might be able to telnet into your inbox. Or use one of the various email removers that work in a similar fashion (e.g., http://www.email-remover.com/index.htm) -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
From: 20100209 on 9 Feb 2010 16:47 HeyBub wrote: > > No. The message always follows a legit email, but the original sender seems > to be irrelevant. I'm reluctant to call it "spam" because I'm pretty sure it > was not actually SENT by a spammer. I think it's being generated internally > to my computer and stuffed in my in-box. Well in that case you can do only one thing and that will solve the riddle once and for all. 1) Clone your HD and store it somewhere safe on an external drive; 2) Re-install the OS from scratch after formatting the HD; 3) Run your mail to see if the symptoms still persists; 4) If everything is OK then it is time to put back your cloned HD, and this time copy only your main documents before wiping everything again. The reason for doing this is to save time because if the problem is in the mail server or at ISP then clearly there is no point in wiping anything from the HD. However, if the problem is in the drive itself then it is time to start all over again. I believe, I am the only one to claim that Anti-virus, Anti-Malware programs are NOT full proof to all evils on this land nor are they a silver bullet solution to all computer problems. hth
From: Shenan Stanley on 9 Feb 2010 16:52 20100209 wrote: > I believe, I am the only one to claim that Anti-virus, Anti-Malware > programs are NOT full proof to all evils on this land nor are they a > silver bullet solution to all computer problems. Only because no one ever made the claim that you didn't make that I have seen anyway. ;-) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 9 Feb 2010 22:54
Look at all the idiots in this newsgroup who post spoofing others. Do you take their posts to be the real thing? dadiOH wrote: > PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >> It's not from a known source, it's from what looks to be a known >> source. This is called spoofing. > > OP says... > "I get an email from a known source, then, almost instantly, another email > "arrives" with exactly the same subject line as the righteous email but > containing the aformentioned text as the body." > > I took him at his word :) > > dadiOH > ____________ > >> dadiOH wrote: >>> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >>>> Why do I keep getting adverts in my mailbox every week for stores & >>>> businesses I've never heard of, that are hundreds of miles away from >>>> my home and that I wouldn't patronize anyway? >>> >>> You're missing his point... >>> >>> 1. He gets an email from a known source >>> >>> 2. He then gets SPAM with the *same subject* as the first - the one >>> from the >>> known source. |