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    Private message from buddha?

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    Did anyone else on the forum get a private message from someone named buddha? It came to my Yahoo e-mail account and has absolutely nothing to do with biking. I'm wondering how and why I got it and how I can delete it from my private messages. I'm worried that it might contain some kind of virus.

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    If it's in your yahoo account, it seems like you should be able to delete it without opening it just like any other email. If it won't delete no matter how you try, you might need a computer geek to help you. I could ask my son...

    If you don't want to get email to your yahoo acct from someone getting your address here on TE, click "User CP" up in the blue bar, then scroll down to "Edit Options" and un-check the boxes that allow your email address to be viewed by someone looking at your profile.
    Last edited by KnottedYet; 09-19-2007 at 03:53 PM.
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    I have e-mail notifications set for yahoo and didn't get one from Buddha. Or Jesus or Mohammad.

    Is it in your messages here?
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    Quote Originally Posted by zencentury View Post
    I have e-mail notifications set for yahoo and didn't get one from Buddha. Or Jesus or Mohammad.
    Damn, you beat me to it.

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    nope. I didn't get one either. But in my work email I get every other sort of thing!
    BTW- if you get an "e card" from someone you don't know- DONT OPEN IT!!
    Someone at work did, and now we ALL get them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zencentury View Post
    I have e-mail notifications set for yahoo and didn't get one from Buddha. Or Jesus or Mohammad.

    Is it in your messages here?
    Yeah, it is. It shows under "Welcome, Biker Jo," in the upper right that I have a private message, and that's what I'm afraid to open, or maybe I shouldn't be afraid to open it? I did get the full message in Yahoo.

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    I got one too. He said " Hi, I'm new here. How's it going".

    I told him to kiss off.

    No seriously, I just deleted it. I think it is spam. I noticed there was a link at the bottom to click on. I hope you didn't!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Biker Jo View Post
    Yeah, it is. It shows under "Welcome, Biker Jo," in the upper right that I have a private message, and that's what I'm afraid to open, or maybe I shouldn't be afraid to open it? I did get the full message in Yahoo.
    Click the "Private Messages" link, and it will take you to a list of titles, instead of opening the message in a window.

    Click the little check box to the right of the title from Buddha.

    Scroll down to the bottom of your list of titles, where it says "Selected Messages and choose "delete".

    Click the "Go" button.

    That will let you delete the PM without opening it first.
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    Thanks, Knotted. That did the trick!

    Now my question is why did Sandra and I (and probably others) get that message, which probably is spam? Isn't this forum monitored?

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    Yup, we have mods. They keep an eye on public forum posts and chase down spam posts if you click the alert button on the spammy post.

    They don't monitor the private messages, but they will check out activity that comes from a suspiciously spammy source IF they are alerted to it. So if you want, send a PM to Snapdragen and tell her about the spam.
    Last edited by KnottedYet; 09-19-2007 at 04:42 PM.
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    Well it is, but a lot of it is "self monitored" like this.

    Hmmmm, just checked the "Members list" up at top and could not find a Buddha
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    I got a private message from buddha too. Ithought I deleted it, but guess it's still there- I'll delete it again.

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    Strange! I checked the member list but alas, no Buddha. Could be that he/she works in mysterious ways?

    Interesting though. From the subject, I thought was a divine message or something.

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    I checked too. Nothing, I am so upset i could use a message from him!
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    I got one too. Tried to respond but got a response saying they wouldn't accept pm's.
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