[X-Newbies] Do I have a virus? (Now is really looks like I do.)

[Lawrence Klinger]

On 2/22/06 1:11 AM, "Scott" <scott-xlists at scotist.com> wrote:

> 
> On Feb 21, 2006, at 9:51 PM, Lawrence Klinger wrote:
>> 
>> And now I have a SECOND e-mail that's doing the same thing.  I can't
>> get rid of either one of them.
>> 
>> By the way, the e-mails don't really contain a message. They're not
>> even
>> addressed to me - they just show up, and neither has the same return
>> address.
>> 
>> Is there any way to delete an e-mail without opening it, using
>> Entourage?
>> 
>> BTW, would I be better off using the "Mail" software that came with
>> Panther?
>> Maybe it has built-in safeguards that would eliminate this problem
>> to begin
>> with.
>> 
>> If anybody knows how to get rid of these unwanted e-mails, I would be
>> grateful to get your advice.  Thanks.
> 
> It's a matter of opinion, but I'd say Mail would be better. In Tiger,
> each message is stored as a separate file, so it would be possible to
> delete only the message in question, just from the Finder. That
> would, of course, be a last ditch effort, because it may not do Good
> things for Mail.app's indexing. Besides - I like Mail.app better.
> 
> In both Mail.app and Entourage, you can delete a mail without opening
> by closing the Preview pane, then selecting (single click, not
> double)  the message, then delete.

By golly, it worked.  Thanks, Scott.

As soon as I undid the Preview Pane preference, I was able to delete the
stubborn e-mail without a problem.  Much appreciation.

Thanks again.  

Zippy