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In a message dated 9/20/05 9:45:20 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, chandimaakijai writes:

Dear AllPlease be especially vigilant in opening any email message in

the next few days.If you get email messages from anyone close to you

or in your email address book , but the subject line looks

suspicious, PLEASE DO NOT OPEN . That's my 2 cents, but here is the

science behind it - thanks to our own Brian.JAI MAANanda

Namaste,

Thanks Brian. A little more tech to add. It is good to have a fire

wall program ( zone labs has a good free one ) that will block any

incoming or outgoing that you do not want in the form of spyware or

adware ( not email ), or other sources that you may have consented to

in the past ; also you need some antivirus software such as McAfee,

and if you suspect that email you receive is a scam ( wanting money,

SS#, etc. ) forward the email without changing the email subject to

the Federal Trade Commission at uce (AT) ftc (DOT) gov . With a tech background

it is interesting to back track on an IP address to find out where it

is coming from ( IDserve is a good one). Also from my experience the

more serious ones ( money scams, identity theft attempts ) that are

reported to the FTC ( Federal trade Commission ) go away.

Last but not least Nanda had the right idea in using common sense (

subject line ) and intuition. Delete emails you know you did not ask

for and be aware of spoofing ( using a email address that is familiar

with subject/content that is not ).

Om Namah Sivaya

Kanda