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But if you look at the properties for the mail, the underlying mail address is <i>MailWatch@extra.hu<\/i>.  <\/p>\n<p>Somehow I suspect that Earthlink&#8217;s legitimate mailings do not come from Hungarian mail addresses.<\/p>\n<p>The address gives a warning that your e-mail account is getting close to 10Mb (and is phrased very plausibly).  It ends with: <i>For instructions on how to do this, as well as on how to avoid exceeding the 10MB limit in the future, please visit:<\/i> and the inevitable link turns into a fascinating little program that I choose not to try out.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8230; careful what you open.  Or click on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the bright side, there was this little subject line treasure today: Prized Davehill !!! 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