I am getting really really sick of this.

[reynardo]

I hate getting the asian spam. It's pointless and takes time to delete and everything.

But worse than that, every now and then one arrives that WILL NOT BE DELETED. And what's worse, it MUNGES every piece of mail I receive after it for about three days. I'll get a header indicating it's a piece of mail from my mother, but when I open it, it's got the end of one message from a mailing list and the beginning of another from someone else.

I don't know what mail I haven't been getting, and I can't get rid of the offending piece. Hitting delete doesn't work, trying to move the mail to another folder doesn't work, scnadisking and other maintenance acts don't work, even if performed off-line with all java options turned off.

(Yes, if any of the techie-types who read this have ideas, please let me know. By comment. Not by email.)

Grump.

Comments

Re: Asian spam

[ex-cerebrate131.livejournal.com]

Never thought of it, as I don't know anyone in .nz who might send me mail, nor - looking back - can I find any legit mail I've ever received from .nz.

On the other hand, I've never received spam from them either, so I might as well exempt them too.

Re: Asian spam

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

That would be because we've cut their phone lines while we mass the invasion force on their borders. As soon as the puppet government is installed, we'll plug them back in.

Look at it this way. Maybe you'll get an email from Peter Jackson offering you a part in 'Silmarillion: the Musical'.

(Bagsies playing Gothmog.)