Re: contacts

Thank you, Peter, now its very clear.  You are the only other person I have 
ever asked about it who knew what I was talking about!

Cei Wallace



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Sapper" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 5:29 PM
Subject: [discuss] Re: contacts


>I know what you mean.
>
> What you do is, make a contact that is just called 1 or 0 without an email 
> address.
> If you now get affected by forward spamming it will fail on the first 
> contact (and will notify you) as this contact is now on top of your 
> contact list and will halt.
>
> It will not stop you from being affected but it is a good indication and 
> stops you from forwarding spam.
>
> Cheers, Peter
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Billns" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 8:48 AM
> Subject: [discuss] Re: contacts
>
>
>> On 5/31/2011 5:31 AM, ceilwallace wrote:
>>> I don't know if this has anything to do with Open Office but I'll try
>>> anyway.
>>> Years ago, I read where if you put a cerain combination of 0's and 1's
>>> at the beginning of your contacts list it cannot be pirated or used for
>>> spam as the computer doesn't recognize it. I know I did it and, back
>>> then there wasn't such a problem of spamming, I don't know if it really
>>> worked. Can you tell me if this is true and what would be the exact
>>> combination of those numbers.
>>> cw
>>
>> You are correct in that this has nothing to do with Open Office. I've 
>> been using personal computers since 1983 and have never heard of such a 
>> procedure.
>>
>> Bill
>>
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