E-mail question

[Chippygeoff]

For some weeks now several friends, and myself included, have been getting scam e-mails, they appear to be from friends but then it states, because of the privacy of this e-mail please go to the following link, or words to that effect. I opened the first one and it was some diet scam. Over the last few weeks I must have had 20 or more and I just delete them. A few days ago I installed Mavericks on my iMac, I don't know if it is a coincidence but I am now getting e-mails from a so called dating site every other day and they are very explicit. There is nothing in the e-mail where I can unsubscribe or anything else. Is there any way I can stopthese e-mails. I have my children and my grandchildren use my computer. Many thanks in advance for any help or advice.

 

[RogerP]

Can't be any help with an iMac but there must be a way to give each user or group of users their own login and area on the computer. Other users would not then see anything relating to your login. This would give you time to sort out your problems without worrying about what other users might see.

 

[petermillard]

+1 to giving each user their own login, or at least having a 'family' login separate from your own. If you're using the standard Mail.app in Mavericks then tag each message as junk mail (thumbs down button in the toolbar) as it comes in, then you won't see them again. There should also be some kind of filtering/rules with your email provider that lets you sort these out at their server, so they never reach you, though how that's done will vary with your provider.

HTH Pete

 

[RogerS]

And if you do give each their own login, make sure that you do not give them administrator rights!

Always handy to have a dedicated account called Test. That way, should you have any problems with your account in the future, you can log in as Test and see if the problem is there still. If it is then at least you know the issue lies somewhere within the main operating system. If it is not there then it means the problem lies within your own user profile. Sometimes handy to pinpoint where the trouble lies.

 

[mind_the_goat]

There should be some option to mark the mails as spam, but separate accounts are a good idea. will help to stop other people installing programs through emails they might receive.

 

[mseries]

And if you do give each their own login, make sure that you do not give them administrator rights!

Always handy to have a dedicated account called Test. That way, should you have any problems with your account in the future, you can log in as Test and see if the problem is there still. If it is then at least you know the issue lies somewhere within the main operating system. If it is not there then it means the problem lies within your own user profile. Sometimes handy to pinpoint where the trouble lies.

also have a master account with admin privileges and store the password in your password safe. Under normal circumstances you will not use this account. Normally you use less privileged accounts which prevents mishaps such as accidently installing malware, accidently removing important files or applications, malware being installed covertly.

The privileged master account will also let you reset forgotten passwords from other accounts.

 

[RogerS]

And if you do give each their own login, make sure that you do not give them administrator rights!

Always handy to have a dedicated account called Test. That way, should you have any problems with your account in the future, you can log in as Test and see if the problem is there still. If it is then at least you know the issue lies somewhere within the main operating system. If it is not there then it means the problem lies within your own user profile. Sometimes handy to pinpoint where the trouble lies.

also have a master account with admin privileges and store the password in your password safe. Under normal circumstances you will not use this account. Normally you use less privileged accounts which prevents mishaps such as accidently installing malware, accidently removing important files or applications, malware being installed covertly.

The privileged master account will also let you reset forgotten passwords from other accounts.

Actually given the number of Flash updates that seem to come along all the time, doing that would be a right pain!

Even so, doing what you suggest, in the case of the first two I would have thought that if you were dumb enough to instal malware then you're dumb enough to do it by logging in to your master account. It's the wetware between the ears that's the issue. The third item can't happen on a Mac to the best of my knowledge without signing in the admin password....back to wetware again!!