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Title: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: alfie on 28 October 2010, 13:05:28

I can't click,open up the links on my e mails,anyone got any suggestions to what to check.

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Teebee on 28 October 2010, 13:07:47

Can you Ctrl click them?

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Mysteryman on 28 October 2010, 13:19:15

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I can't click,open up the links on my e mails,anyone got any suggestions to what to check.

Which email are you using?

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: deviator on 28 October 2010, 13:45:42

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I can't click,open up the links on my e mails,anyone got any suggestions to what to check.

Which email are you using?

I would hazzard a guess it's a recent version of Lookout (More commonly known as Outlook) or Windows Mail.

If you go into the options, check the security options. One will mention links and attachments. Without knowing the exact program, I can't be more specific.

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Mysteryman on 28 October 2010, 14:17:23

I use BT (Yahoo) and,every now and again, the email front page just keeps refreshing itself every second or two. Makes it impossible to use. I have to close my browser (IE8) and re-open to cure it. :-/

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Banjax on 28 October 2010, 14:22:22

thats happened to me on BT yahoo STMO 2 or 3 times in the last few days as well :o

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Mysteryman on 28 October 2010, 14:28:26

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thats happened to me on BT yahoo STMO 2 or 3 times in the last few days as well :o

Just opened it with firefox and it seems fine. I don't know what's causing it but I dont like it. My anti virus and firewall seem happy that there's nothing fishy going on...I don't know.... :-/

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: alfie on 28 October 2010, 15:28:03

Sorry,I forgot to say its incredimail, thanks for the help.

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: TheBoy on 28 October 2010, 18:46:35

Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Cut and paste the link if you must look at it.

I matters not if you know the sender.


So, in summary...

Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.






PS: Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Mysteryman on 28 October 2010, 18:53:54

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thats happened to me on BT yahoo STMO 2 or 3 times in the last few days as well :o

http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-in-Home/Bt-yahoo-mail-page-keeps-refreshing-every-couple-of-seconds/td-p/58855

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Terbs on 28 October 2010, 19:15:24

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Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Cut and paste the link if you must look at it.

I matters not if you know the sender.


So, in summary...

Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.






PS: Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

So what are you saying ??;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: TheBoy on 28 October 2010, 19:44:27

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Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Cut and paste the link if you must look at it.

I matters not if you know the sender.


So, in summary...

Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.






PS: Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

So what are you saying ??;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Basically Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: aaronjb on 28 October 2010, 19:46:00

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Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Cut and paste the link if you must look at it.

I matters not if you know the sender.


So, in summary...

Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.






PS: Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

So what are you saying ??;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Basically Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Are you sure about that? Never, ever, ever? Not even if it's a really nice looking link wearing a miniskirt?

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Vamps on 28 October 2010, 19:47:41

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Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Cut and paste the link if you must look at it.

I matters not if you know the sender.


So, in summary...

Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.






PS: Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

So what are you saying ??;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Basically Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Seems clear to me.... :D what do you do then, how do you open any links? do you copy it and open it on the Internet??

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: TheBoy on 28 October 2010, 19:51:06

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Quote

Quote

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Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Cut and paste the link if you must look at it.

I matters not if you know the sender.


So, in summary...

Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.






PS: Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

So what are you saying ??;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Basically Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Seems clear to me.... :D what do you do then, how do you open any links? do you copy it and open it on the Internet??

That is correct :y


More savvy users may choose to hover over link, and check that the actual URL matches the displayed URL, then click it, but I'd recommend using the safer method of retyping in a browser...

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Teebee on 28 October 2010, 19:55:45

I'm a hoverer  :y

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: TheBoy on 28 October 2010, 19:59:34

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I'm a hoverer  :y

The scumbags will eventually find a way around that in popular mail clients....

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: aaronjb on 28 October 2010, 19:59:57

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Quote

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Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Cut and paste the link if you must look at it.

I matters not if you know the sender.


So, in summary...

Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.






PS: Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

So what are you saying ??;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Basically Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Seems clear to me.... :D what do you do then, how do you open any links? do you copy it and open it on the Internet??

That is correct :y


More savvy users may choose to hover over link, and check that the actual URL matches the displayed URL, then click it, but I'd recommend using the safer method of retyping in a browser...

Especially as Unicode characters are now valid in URLs, so what looks like 'paypal.com' might actually be going to 'ruskie.com' and stealing all your money: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/unicode_url_hac_1.html

So, basically.. hovering and clicking may not save you anymore ;)

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: CaptainZok on 28 October 2010, 20:12:44

So www.tb'spensionfund.com isn't the real link to paypal then?
I wondered where all my money was going. ;D

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: aaronjb on 28 October 2010, 20:21:08

 ;D

Interestingly enough I just tried a unicode link - Google Chrome is smart enough (or dumb enough, depending on your opinion on unicode DNS!) to barf at it..

I haven't tried Outlook/etc/etc, though..

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: bigegg on 28 October 2010, 20:42:35

I use thunderbird, and have "view>message body as>plain text" turned on.
then I can see the URL I'm actually clicking on, not what the sender has disguised it as.

but I NEVER EVER click on links in emails anyway...
 :y

Title: Re: E Mail,Help needed,
Post by: Shackeng on 28 October 2010, 21:38:07

I'm learning something new every day. Must be the BBC course for old farts that I'm doing. ::)