One way for spammers to obtain addresses is to mine the address book of
outlook express.

Especially if you have it set up to automatically enter new email addressess
automatically. With the recent worm virus being dispatched (I'm still
getting to or three a day) it replicates your address book changes its
identity and the name of the attachment and away she goes.

3 things can be done -

1. If using Outlook/Express don't use the preview window, for some
mining/viruses you have opened an email by using preview.

2.Don't have auto entry switched on for the address book

3.don't have your name in the Public Directory for Yahoo or Hotmail. Though
I suspect there are some smart cookies :) that seem trawl your cookie list
and get info.

4? Use Pegasus or some othe rseparate email client.

5. Apart from #1 I of course do not take my own advice.

colin

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