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Spam, hacking??

FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
edited February 2020 in Problem solving
I received an email this morning? Just seemed a little strange- @jamesholt did you send this message?

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,065
    Hover on the senders email address, you’ll soon see if it’s gardeners world , it will say so.
    if it was in you Spam/junk then it’s not genuine.  
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    says email is notifications @gardenersworld.com. It was not in my spam. It’s strange as I haven’t been on the forum for months. Just wondered if anyone else had had similar emails from random members suggesting some sort of hack.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    Have you checked your GW inbox (top of page, to the right)?  If you have your notifications set to send an email when you get a PM, that's what you would get if jamesholt has indeed sent you a PM.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,065
    Of course Bob, forgot about that, it looks a bit different to the ones I get.
    James Holt is a genuine poster.
    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/profile/discussions/jamesholt
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    Ha why didn’t I think of that!! It seems he has indeed sent the message. Bit of an odd message don’t you think? 😳
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    I've turned all notifications off as I get quite enough unnecessary email as it is!  I'm sure email notifications must be useful to some, but not me!
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,065
    I like the email notifications, sometimes I just look at my emails and not in the site.  I do go through my emails every so often and unsubscribe from the ones I don’t want anymore. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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