Re: Hotmail spam

On 5/13/2006 4:30 PM anon scribbled:

> "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.

losing OE is no disaster - try thunderbird...
> 
> 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.

I don't use OE - what does this mean - hotmail shut off OE??  OE is an
email client - yes?

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

With Thunderbird, just highlight the junk,  ctrl-u, ctrl-c, ctrl-w
paste into SC web input box, send.
next spam...