Help Requested With Internet Problem
Lauren Orda
Since early this morning I have been receiving constant repeats of an email
(the source is a friend). The email in question has several picture
attachments. My system has been blocked and slowed down considerably because
it takes five or more minutes to receive one of these emails and at any one
time there are over 30 waiting to download. I cannot send any emails because
that rogue email is constantly being downloaded. I have used several good
virus protection programs and scanned the entire PC several times. No
problems were found. I have a Gmail account so I can send emails from there.
But my systems has slowed down because of the bottleneck on the email
downloads.
Can any kind sould please offer advice.
I have notified sender of the email, but not heard back yet. Will advise
further if anything comes to hand.
Thanks
Rob
Two things you may have a look at doing
If you have access to your email through a web browser you can delete it
all there without downloading if off the server.
or Download Mailwasher www.firetrust.com use as a trial this will look
at your emails which are on your server and can delete them.
Either way your not downloading the entire email just the information
headers.
z1
So are you referring to the email address you have from your ISP?
If that is the case, then you can try this work-around:
1. In the email client you are using, delete your email account.
2. Access your ISP email account via your browser.
3. Anything you see there you don't want, you can immediately delete.
4. Just use Gmail
Alternatively:
If you use Thunderbird, you can limit the amount of email [size] in Disk
Space (do not dowmload messages larger than 20K) which means you will
get a message where you can choose to download further.
Also get onto your ISP and ask if they can tweet their filter [if your
ISP does this - some don't].
You can use Outlook Express to send and receive Gmail btw.
If you need any further help keep us posted.
Sandgroper
"Lauren Orda" <cis...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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As others have said , access your email account with your web browser and
delete the emails directly of the mail server.
As well , since you are using Outlook Express , you can create a email
message rule and check the box that says don't download message from the
server.
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Fred
Is the email being sent to your Bigpond address?
If so as others have said follow their customer help guide to delete the
email using webmail
Not sure if this link will work but.
http://bigpond.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/bigpond.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=181&p_created=1044639520&p_sid=D8LInxTj&p_accessibility=&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MjcyLDI3MiZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfcGxhdGZvcm09JnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9ZGVsZXRlIGVtYWls&p_li=&p_topview=1
z1
does that mean that BP doesn't run a filter at their end?
Rod Speed
> Lauren Orda wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Since early this morning I have been receiving constant repeats of
>> an email (the source is a friend). The email in question has several
>> picture attachments. My system has been blocked and slowed down
>> considerably because it takes five or more minutes to receive one of
>> these emails and at any one time there are over 30 waiting to
>> download. I cannot send any emails because that rogue email is
>> constantly being downloaded. I have used several good virus
>> protection programs and scanned the entire PC several times. No
>> problems were found. I have a Gmail account so I can send emails
>> from there. But my systems has slowed down because of the bottleneck
>> on the email downloads. Can any kind sould please offer advice.
>> I have notified sender of the email, but not heard back yet. Will
>> advise further if anything comes to hand.
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
> So are you referring to the email address you have from your ISP?
>
> If that is the case, then you can try this work-around:
>
> 1. In the email client you are using, delete your email account.
You dont need to do that, just dont load your email client.
Axel Hammerschmidt
<snip>
> But my systems has slowed down because of the bottleneck on the
> email downloads.
>
> Can any kind sould please offer advice.
POP3? IMAP?
Outlook? Outlook Express? Eudora? ...
No Web Mail? Windows?
OK, assume Windows, POP3 and Outlook Express.
Open a Terminal: Start -> Run.
Type: cmd in the box and hit Return.
In the Command window, at the Prompt
Type: telnet <your_isp's_mail_server> 110
Type: Return
Type: user <mail_account_your_username>
Type: Return
Type: pass <your_account_password>
Type: Return
Type: list
Type: Return
You will get a list of massages with each message's number and size
on your account on the POP3 server. Make a note of the number(s) of
these *big* messages, n1, n2, ... nk.
For each *big* message number 'np'
Type: dele np, p = 1, 2, ... k.
Type: Return
[continue until p = k]
Type: quit
Type: Return
Type: exit
Type: Return
Start Outlook Express and download the rest.
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2GB RAM should be enough for anyone.
Axel Hammerschmidt
<snip>
> In the Command window, at the Prompt
>
> Type: telnet <your_isp's_mail_server> 110
> Type: Return
[...]
Damn! All the "Type: Return"s should have been "Hit Return"s.
son of a bitch
Nothing you can do but change your email and get new friends.
Hugh Jeego
whole lot is finished then it will continue from the start all over again.
You can make up a rule in your email program to delete "from server" and
email coming from that email address. It wont attempt to download it, just
delete it. Remember to remove the rule later.
"Lauren Orda" <cis...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Lauren Orda
"Hugh Jeego" <i...@example.com> wrote in message
news:muOdneSRZqpaZ_LW...@westnet.com.au...
rogue email ceased and hasn't reared its ugly again (thank goodness).
I will keep in mind the blocking of emails via the server.
Thanks for all the input and advice guys.
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