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I have gotten a bunch of emails like this
An Internet e-mail message was sent to you from an outside source that contained an prohibited file type, but was removed for security purposes.
The message header is attached below. If you must use e-mail to receive business-related .exe files, there is a workaround. Please inform the sender of the Internet Message to create a password protected zip file as explained in the steps below. For assistance with this procedure, please contact your local helpdesk.
1. Go to Start...Programs...WinZip
2. Click [New]
3. For "File name", type desired file name for the new compressed
file
4. For "Create In". browse to desired location to save newly
compressed file
5. Click to check box next to "Add Dialog"
6. Click [OK]
7. For "Add from", browse to location of file(s) to compress 8. Select file(s) to be compressed 9. Click [Password]
9a. For "Password", type desired password
9b. Click [OK]
9c. For "Please reenter your password", retype your password
9d. Click [OK]
10. Click [Add]
Sender: "Mail Delivery Subsystem" <umce-owner@willow.olemiss.edu>
Date: 03/18/2004, 02:06:17 PM
Attachments: Message.pif"
Now the common thread to all these several emails is umce-owner@willow.olemiss.edu
I suspect I am in someone's database and a virus is mailing things out. What I don't know is why I am getting messages. My email addy never appears in any of these.
What's up with this?
An Internet e-mail message was sent to you from an outside source that contained an prohibited file type, but was removed for security purposes.
The message header is attached below. If you must use e-mail to receive business-related .exe files, there is a workaround. Please inform the sender of the Internet Message to create a password protected zip file as explained in the steps below. For assistance with this procedure, please contact your local helpdesk.
1. Go to Start...Programs...WinZip
2. Click [New]
3. For "File name", type desired file name for the new compressed
file
4. For "Create In". browse to desired location to save newly
compressed file
5. Click to check box next to "Add Dialog"
6. Click [OK]
7. For "Add from", browse to location of file(s) to compress 8. Select file(s) to be compressed 9. Click [Password]
9a. For "Password", type desired password
9b. Click [OK]
9c. For "Please reenter your password", retype your password
9d. Click [OK]
10. Click [Add]
Sender: "Mail Delivery Subsystem" <umce-owner@willow.olemiss.edu>
Date: 03/18/2004, 02:06:17 PM
Attachments: Message.pif"
Now the common thread to all these several emails is umce-owner@willow.olemiss.edu
I suspect I am in someone's database and a virus is mailing things out. What I don't know is why I am getting messages. My email addy never appears in any of these.
What's up with this?