Re: Hotmail spam

"John Loaf" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
news:[email protected]...
> I've used Outlook Express to forward Hotmail spam to Spamcop for several
> years.  I think with the new LIVE services I'm going to lose the use of OE
> with Hotmail.  It was supposed to happen last year but I got a reprieve
> since I was actively using the Hotmail/OE combination.  If I lose the use 
> of
> OE I'll have to forward spam from the Hotmail web page.  I have never been
> able to get that to work; Spamcop returns an error message that headers 
> were
> missing or incomplete or something like that.  Is it possible to forward
> spam from the Hotmail web page with different settings?  I haven't been 
> able
> to correct the forwarding so far.
>
> Thank you.
>
>

Because hotmail will not forward an e-mail as attachment , you have to 
create a text file to forward as and attachment.

You do this by doing the following:
1) Right click on the spam in hotmail mailbox.

2) Click on copy shortcut.

3) Paste shortcut into the address box.

4) Append "&raw=disk" (no quotes).

5) Press go.

6) When screen opens showing spam details (this has not opened the spam), 
press Ctl-C.

7) Open WordPad.

8) Paste clipboard into WordPad.

9) "Save as" a text file

10) Repeat for each spam in your mailbox.

11) Now open a new mail in hotmail and attach the text file(s) and send THAT 
to SC for parsing.

12) You will receive the usual response from SC for further processing.

This SOUNDS like a very long involved process but in actuality it is very 
fast (the key is the &raw=disk trick.)

I have used this when the mail wont get into OE for f-a-a ing - normally I 
open all my hotmail in OE but hotmail has shut this off for new accounts, 
the old one still work, thank goodness.

The single e-mail can have a batch of attached text files.



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