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Is there a site you can send possible spam to?

by Hale56storm Jun 25, 2007 3:09AM PDT

I usually delete e-mails if I don't know the sender, but I must be losing some legitimate messages. For example, I got one from kissonapostcard.com today. Can I forward that to some site that will tell me if it's spam or harmless? I'd like to get the kiss if it's real - but I don't want the kiss of death for my computer. Thanks, Haleyes@gforcecable.com

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Well...

by jackson dougless Jun 25, 2007 3:45AM PDT

The basic answer is no... And now you're likely to get even more spam, because you put your email address into a post on a public forum.

So, maybe the first thing you should do, is go about learning some of the more common methods for not getting so much spam.

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I would agree but...

by cgarrity Jul 15, 2007 1:56PM PDT

I also got one of these emails from kissesonapostcard.com. I'm NOT worried about spam, but I am worried about opening something like this and thus giving some East European access to my computer files. With a firewall and a virus checker, is there much worry in "going" there?

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You can try here

by PudgyOne Jul 15, 2007 2:13PM PDT

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/07/newspamemail.shtm

You may be able to find the information you want.

Rick

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