Li'l Abner wrote:
> "Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries" <rhondaleakirk@earthling.net> wrote in
> news:iomfak$hi$1@news.albasani.net:
>
>> Li'l Abner wrote:
>>> There's lots of links on here. Any of them I hover over shows a link
>>> starting with "https://email0.paypal.com/servlet/cc6....."
>>> It sure looks like phishing to me. If I just log into PayPal the
>>> normal way, I don't see anything about "enhanced account statement"
>>> Is it real or do I forward it to spoof@paypal.com?
>>
>> It's not phishing.
>>
>> There's a new agreement that you're asked to sign about receiving
>> electronic communications, i.e., the "Electronic Communications
>> Delivery Policy."
>>
>> I admit that I didn't notice anything particularly new about my
>> account, but apparently there are some tweaks in there of which they
>> are inordinately proud.
>>
>> The nice thing about PayPal is that real letters are addressed to
>> your real name (or whatever name you gave them, in exactly the form
>> you gave it to them), so that's a real clue that the letter is not a
>> spoof.
>>
>> If you still suspect there's a problem, you can look further, but
>> it's really not necessary until the day comes that someone breaks
>> into PayPal's database, and then it's not going to matter what you
>> do.
>
> I've always been told that legitimate emails will ask you to log in
> to your account directly (www.paypal.com) and would never contain
> links.
> And those mile long links with random looking letters and numbers
> aren't very assuring wither.

The links go directly to the real PayPal site.

I have received a number of emails from PayPal, all legitimate, that contain
links back to the PayPal site, so I don't know who told you that.