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    1. Re: M I-5, etc (codmail)
    2. John Weiss
    3. Genealogy wrote: > Also, if you read his e-mail address, it consistently changes, makes > difficult to screen. I bounce all this mail, hopefully, it will fill > his inboxes. > > Best regards, Denis The changes in e-mail address makes me think the messages do not emanate from a person but from computers infected with some kind of trojan - that's malware that does not damage the host computer in the way a virus does but disrupts the internet by getting the hosts to send out massive amounts of spurious messages and clogging everyone's mailboxes and servers. There are freeware programs that can be downloaded to disinfect one's own system. Much of disruption comes about through people quoting the whole message each time they complain - just quote the first line or two if you think it's necessary to identify what you're writing about. John Weiss London

    01/02/2008 11:02:14
    1. Re: M I-5, etc (codmail)
    2. John Weiss
    3. I wrote: > The changes in e-mail address makes me think the messages do not emanate > from a person but from computers infected with some kind of trojan It now occurs to me that if I did want to promulgate such a complaint widely, I would learn how to design and distribute such a trojan, so it may come from an aggrieved individual after all. John Weiss

    01/02/2008 11:09:51