Hmmm..... The emails all seem to be eminating from the IP address 217.150.124.162 which appears to be that of a webmail login for a company called bpp.com (BPP Professional Education)
I note one of the login options contains 'LEEDS-STUDENT' Anyone recognise this? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Heywood > Sent: 03 November 2004 12:19 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [BD] What are all the smilies for? > > > > >Hi, sorry to ask a stupid question but what's with all the messages > >consisting solely of a smilie? It's pretty annoying to have half of > >your inbox composed of the same people repeating the same > message. If > >this posting actually has some purpose then please enlighten me. > >Thanks > >James > > James, the smiles are all sent by a virus. As far as I can > work out, the virus isn't in the individual computers, but in > the e-mail list server - messages appear even when the > alleged sender is not connected to the internet; so don't > blame the poor folk whose addresses are being used. I'm sure > our esteemed moderator (or the people at near.me.uk) is/are > working on it, and something will be sorted out. Nothing the > likes of me and you can do about it except keep on hitting delete. > > Benji > > > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
