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Dear Mike- On a later Mac (Powerbook G4) what is the command to "kill HTML" is it view plain text or something along those lines? aa On Feb 6, 2005, at 6:24 PM, Mike Richter wrote: > At 02:30 PM 2/6/2005 -0800, RA Friedman wrote: >> Yes, this is getting really bad since the "phishers" are now starting >> to >> create exact facsimiles of the real sites. I got one for Paypal >> recently. >> The link takes you to a site that looks just like Paypal. It isn't. >> The >> rule of thumb is don't log into any site unless you have chosen it >> via the >> actual URL in your browser. No legitimate site will ever send you an >> email >> asking you to log-in. > > 1. Kill the HTML in all incoming e-mail. The true address is almost > always > invisible in plaintext, hiding underneath in the HTML. > > 2. Never click a link in an e-mail; copy and paste so you go to the > site > which appears to the eye. > > 3. Do not trust appearances. ebay.com is an eBay domain; > ebaymembers.com > may or may not be. > > 90+% of my HTML e-mail is spam or phishing. 90+% of my plaintext > e-mail is > legitimate. I've never received a plaintext phishing attempt. > > Mike > > -- > [log in to unmask] > http://www.mrichter.com/ >