opening sus email

Evening all,

Is it possible to open an email from someone who calls me by name - though i don't know who they are - without possibly opening a 'can of worms'?
I am on Outlook Express; Windows XP.

Thanks.

 

i am also a bit new to this so do not know the full extent of e mail malwear the only thing i do is if it has a lot of e mail addresses delete it or it is suspect e mail the sender and ask IS THIS FROM YOU if you do it via the reply tab your sender will see the e mail too

 

Thanks for your reply .

 

your name and e-mail address are not hard to be found. When you subscribe to a club, service etc. on-line, you hand in personal info. Some companies don't respect your privacy and give this info further. So my opinion is to ignore the mails. Does the sender name seem familiar? If you think it' someone you know try contacting him to confirm that they send the mail.

 

Even knowing the person who sent you an email is no guarantee it is not spam.
Maybe give MailWasher a try.

MailWasher 2.0.40
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Tutorial at http://www.mailwasher.net/tutorial.php

Bazza