Re: [Freedos-user] long live hotmail :(

2005-11-30 Thread Aitor Santamaría Merino
So what is it meant by "Normal POP3"?? I have my share of virus problems with my POP3 accounts... Anyway I'm glad to hear that at least one mail system (gmail) may be regarded as somewhat reliable against spam. Aitor Bernd Blaauw escribió: I assume you mean you are receiving lots of emails w

Re: [Freedos-user] long live hotmail :(

2005-11-25 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Gerry Hickman schreef: Michael details a known outbreak below; it's strange I have not seen this either on my work network or home computer (yet!). Regarding Hotmail vs Gmail, I know there's a technique they use against hotmail where they can simply guess valid addresses by using [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Freedos-user] long live hotmail :(

2005-11-25 Thread Gerry Hickman
Bernd Blaauw wrote: purge occurred, as now it's 195 mails instead of 1200+ in my "unwanted email" folder in my webmail. Normal POP3 and Gmail accounts seem to stay completely clean, no trouble whatsoever. Michael details a known outbreak below; it's strange I have not seen this either on my

Re: [Freedos-user] long live hotmail :(

2005-11-24 Thread Michael Devore
At 08:38 PM 11/24/2005 +0100, you wrote: Anyone else seeing massive virus outbreaks? I never imagined being able to use 40% of a 250MB hotmail emailbox (add 3% each hour), but MS manages to not filter these (75KB attachment). Even the "delete junkmail" button times out with 1400 emails. Prett

Re: [Freedos-user] long live hotmail :(

2005-11-24 Thread Bernd Blaauw
I assume you mean you are receiving lots of emails with viruses attached, which is not really a "virus outbreak", but merely spam which is normal. Or do you mean the actual Hotmail system has been hit by a virus? Something has to send mails with the attachment.. Anyway, looks like a purge occ

Re: [Freedos-user] long live hotmail :(

2005-11-24 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Bernd, Anyone else seeing massive virus outbreaks? I assume you mean you are receiving lots of emails with viruses attached, which is not really a "virus outbreak", but merely spam which is normal. Or do you mean the actual Hotmail system has been hit by a virus? -- Gerry Hickman (Londo

[Freedos-user] long live hotmail :(

2005-11-24 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Anyone else seeing massive virus outbreaks? I never imagined being able to use 40% of a 250MB hotmail emailbox (add 3% each hour), but MS manages to not filter these (75KB attachment). Even the "delete junkmail" button times out with 1400 emails. Ouch! Bernd -