[Gllug] OT unable to delete a spam item

[john gennard]

John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:-

 >>Some years ago, an email arrived with no 'subject', no
 >>'from' (except '-') and nothing at all in the main body.
 >>The sender's email address was forged, and the anti-virus
 >>program found nothing untoward. There were no attachments.
[snip]
 >>Has anyone seen anything similar to this, or can anyone
 >>suggest how to get rid of the pesky varmint? It doesn't
 >>seem to do anything other than annoy me when I go into W2000.

 >Is the box running a POP or IMAP server?  They commonly store
 >their settings in a dummy e-mail and I've seen MUAs which don't
 >know about this try to display said e-mail as if it were a
 >real one.

I don't quite understand, John. The server is a POP one.
Where is the dummy email stored; if on the server then how
could it appear in my client when there is no connection?
Will you elucidate for me please. What settings do they store -
what keeps re-appearing looks just like one of the nuisance
pieces of spam I often get. 'Ctrl-U' in Netscape shows all the
headers (at least I think it is 'all') and I see nothing other
than what I do for other spam including the forged sender's
email address.

Cheers,

John.


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