# Hello, i just received a weird eve mail from a person **URL:** \ **Category:** General Issues\ **Created:** [August 10, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/hello-i-just-received-a-weird-eve-mail-from-a-person/15860 "2017-08-10T15:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sneaky\_Mabebu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sneaky_mabebu/32/213448_2.png) [@Sneaky\_Mabebu](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sneaky_Mabebu)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/hello-i-just-received-a-weird-eve-mail-from-a-person/15860/1 "2017-08-10T15:01:49Z")
Hello, i just received a weird eve mail from a person. It contains only: “Address: xx.xxx.xxx.xx:xxxx” what may it be? Could it be dangerous? Whant to put it here, just in case ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Gorp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/linus_gorp/32/317333_2.png) [@Linus\_Gorp](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Linus_Gorp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/hello-i-just-received-a-weird-eve-mail-from-a-person/15860/2 "2017-08-10T15:23:36Z")
The forum censors it. Is it good stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Sneaky\_Mabebu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sneaky_mabebu/32/213448_2.png) [@Sneaky\_Mabebu](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sneaky_Mabebu)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/hello-i-just-received-a-weird-eve-mail-from-a-person/15860/3 "2017-08-10T15:38:41Z")
Its I censor it. It looks like an ip key with some dots lots of numbers and “:” in it. Maybe its evegate buggy hyperlink, or smthng. I received it from a recruiter of some sort. Just checking if its ok/somebody knows the thing ---
**Author:** ![Toran\_Mallow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/toran_mallow/32/55286_2.png) [@Toran\_Mallow](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Toran_Mallow)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/hello-i-just-received-a-weird-eve-mail-from-a-person/15860/4 "2017-08-10T15:48:51Z")
> [@Sneaky\_Mabebu](#): > > ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Based on your description and the number of characters, it looks like [an IP address in dotted-quad notation](https://www.techopedia.com/definition/6899/dotted-quad), followed by a colon and port number. What number followed the colon? 80? 443? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![Sneaky\_Mabebu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sneaky_mabebu/32/213448_2.png) [@Sneaky\_Mabebu](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sneaky_Mabebu)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/hello-i-just-received-a-weird-eve-mail-from-a-person/15860/5 "2017-08-10T16:05:08Z")
sorry, i guess it my mistake, it was a ts server adress. I wan’t in a game for some time, so i just forgot how it looks like I guess, the problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Rina\_Asanari](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rina_asanari/32/11483_2.png) [@Rina\_Asanari](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rina_Asanari)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/hello-i-just-received-a-weird-eve-mail-from-a-person/15860/6 "2017-08-11T10:01:09Z")
Dotted quad and port number doesn’t necessarily mean TS server, it could be anything. Without any other information I’d be sceptical. ---
**Author:** ![lost\_packet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lost_packet/32/293249_2.png) [@lost\_packet](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/lost_packet)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/hello-i-just-received-a-weird-eve-mail-from-a-person/15860/7 "2017-08-11T13:49:32Z")
Could be anything from free stuff to a virus. Just delete it, be safe and encourage people to write more description mails 😛