[Healeys] Hartnett Spam

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In a message dated 10/5/11 9:57:39 PM, healeys-request at autox.team.net 
writes:


> Since I do not have the technical knowledge to resolve this problem, any
> assistance that anyone can give in this matter will be greatly 
> appreciated.
> 
Nothing you can now do at your end, Len. Someone or something has gotten 
hold of one of your old address books and is using it to send out the 
messages. I've seen that happen to four or five of my friends in the past six 
months. Eventually they go away -- the spam systems seem to use an address book 
over a few months, and then stops. However, they're easy to spot when they 
come in -- no subject line, no content, just the click-link -- and everyone 
knows not to click a link you don't recognize, no matter where it comes from, 
if there's no reference, right? -- so they're easy to ignore. Nowadays, if 
someone doesn't put something   in the subject line that I relate to, I delete 
it without even opening the email. Better an unimportant message not 
received than something worse.

Gary