Dossy wrote:
On 2003.01.27, Jerry Asher wrote:
>I was very surprised to find a new message, A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE, in
>that alternative email address's mailbox. I've attached it below.
>
>Jeez! Just what is this confirming?
Think:
Someone creates a Netscape mail account. They sign themselves up for a
whole slew of mailing lists, acknowledging the subscription
confirmations.
Then, they point the alternative email address at someone they dislike.
Now, this poor sod is stuck receiving a whole boatload of email they
didn't sign up for, from lists they probably don't know how to
unsubscribe from ...
Confirming that alternative email address should, presumably, stop this
potential abuse. The target sod just refuses to acknowledge the
confirmation, and that should stop the process right there ...
-- Dossy
Sure that keeps the new email address from being screwed up, but at the
risk of hijacking someone's email away from them.
So I figure out Dossy's aolscreen name, I cons together your daughters
name and guess your password, and then I get to steal your email.
If I am getting email I don't want I do have someways of tracking it
down and stopping it. If your email just stops one day and you don't
realize it for a day, or a week, what are you going to do? How will you
ever fix that?
Again, anyone have the aol email addresses for the folks on mahogany row?
Jerry
