Is it safe to open a link sent to you in an email from someone you don't know?
444709
No, even if you just open the email without clicking the link, you just opened the door for tons of spam. I had just gotten a new account with Comcast and never got spam until one day I accidenally just opened an email. Have gotten tons of spam since even with their useless spam filter on.
539726
There are programs that let you send e-mail as if you were from any direction... You'd even get a mail from "Yourname@yourname.you" if someone is messing up with you.
276245
What ever you do, do NOT open the link by clicking on it in the email. If you really want to see the site, cut and paste it into your browser. \n\nYou can get all kinds of imps and demons (read viruses) in your computer by clicking directly on a link in an email from somebody you don't know personally.
472583
HELL NO! Those are "fishing"/"spam" emails.. You open them and the incoded HTML/code sends a msg back to that person telling them your email address is valid then it gets thrown into their "spam" bank.. Then you get lots of SPAM! DONT ever open ANYTHING unless you know who the sender is! Best choice is to block HTML on your email preferences!
967756
It would be complicated, but you could always check your 'Sent' folder and outbox for hints. Also, you could mail round your contacts and ask if they have had any odd emails from your account. And, of course if you suspect or discover something, change your password. :D
925835
As long as you don't give out any personal information, passwords, or id info, it doesn't matter if you contact this address.  The worst that might happen is that your email address might get on mailing lists and you will get a lot of junkmail.  I keep an email address just for making contact with addresses that might add me to junkmail lists.  That way my personal email address doesn't get filled up with spam
6846
Yes and no, the best way to go about this is to click full headers on the email (under yahoo), look at the email address's full ip and than do a whois on the ip.  You won't get a person, per say, but you can see where the email is coming from!
280132
I have no idea, but your friend probably would not be happy knowing that you advertised their email address here.
779380
For best advice, if you have a spam filter, send it there.  Do not open the email as this type often contains a virus.  Protect your PC and use common sense, never open an email unless you (a) know the sender or (b) it is from a reputable source.  Never check suspicious looking emails and certainly don't open any attatchments on them or it could be bye bye PC..\n\nHope this answers your question\n\nNigel..
77692
If someone sent you an ecard, you should just click on the link provided in the email.
351479
you can get close with some internet tools...but, ultimately, no.  is the email coming from hotmail or gmail?  then you need to get Microsoft or Google to tell you - and they will want a court order...
169115
The best way I address this is by the "do i know you" factor...If it's a friend's email address, then it's most likely not spam...the reason I say most likely and not "definitely" is because hackers can sometimes use lists of emails you've sent, and mimic them to act like they're your friends. Yahoo does a pretty good job with filtering these.  In general, just don't open anything from people you dont know.  If you know they and dont open it, they'll let you know you havent opened their email and they can resend it to you.
560513
Sure u can....Go to google and type in email address finder and you should have no problems from there.  Hopefully.
45674
Not sure if I understand your question correctly, but you would need some kind of access to the website referencing the email address - like FTP or a web interface.
1044836
The content of email is only as secure as your connection to the server.  Anything that snoops between you and it could copy the message.\n\nFinding someone's email address, if that is what you means, is only as easy as they want it to be for you, like advertising it places.\n\nSome companies will sell your email address to other companies for marketing mails...
58935
No way!!\n\nWe should never provide info to anyone whom we do not trust r do not know. Spam once started is difficult to stop... though Many services now offer good spam Protection
830764
I take it that you got that in a SPAM e-mail. I can spot that cr@p a MILE away!!! Delete it and do NOT use it!!!!!\n\nThat is Phishing. Phishing is a way scam artists get your personal info for the act of Identitiy Theft. You NEVER EVER open an e-mail from anyone you do not know!!!! Unsolicited e-mails are SPAM. SPAM contains that Phishing thing as well as spreads computer viruses and other types of mal-ware such as spyware. "Spoofed" e-mail is another type of spam that pretends to be from a reputable source, but in reality is NOT and is USUALLY a form of Phishing. In addition, going to websites like that can infect your computer, too!!!\n\n___*READ*___!!!::::\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phishing...\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/identity_th...\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/email_spoof...\n\nhttp://spam.abuse.net/overview/whatisspa...\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/spyware...\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/computer_vi...\n\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/securit...\n\nBTW: if you get any mail from Yahoo that is questionable forward it to: spoof@yahoo.com\n\nEbay has a similar address to send questionable emals "from them" to: spoof@ebay.com\n\nThe same with PayPal: spoof@paypal.com \n\nThe next one of those you get report it to PayPal and then NEVER open spam AGAIN!!!