Yahoo did the same recently. Must be a conspiracy. I blame Elvis [1]. But junk mail relating to mail clients on Exchange? I think you can relax. JDE [1] he denies it.
-----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Farrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 9:31 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: slightly OT - Outlook and IE Also related: If you signed up for Hotmail - or anything else that uses Passport more than a couple of months ago, you may be in for a big surprise. It seems that Microsoft changed the rules while you weren't looking. Unilaterally, Microsoft may have granted itself permission to pass along your personal information to other companies that use Passport on their Web sites. The personal information includes your email address, your birthday, your country and zip code, your gender and occupation. Has Microsoft taken liberties with your data? There's an easy way to check. Go into Hotmail and log into your account. Click Options (to the right of the tab that says "Address Book"). Click Personal Profile (in the upper left corner). Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and see whether the boxes marked "Share my e-mail address" and "Share my other registration information" have been checked. UNCHECK THESE!! Those boxes didn't exist when most people currently signed up for Hotmail, and chances are pretty good they didn't exist when you signed up for it, either. I certainly never gave Microsoft permission to hand out my email address - or my birthday, gender or occupation. Yet both of those boxes on my personal profile were checked. I bet they're checked on your personal profile, too. Worth checking! Regards E. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Subject: RE: slightly OT - Outlook and IE Cool. What's the phone number or contact information at Hotmail for me to contact and get my share of cheap Hotmail e-mail addresses? -----Original Message----- From: Richard Serafin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Subject: RE: slightly OT - Outlook and IE Yup, I've bought some myself just because I didn't believe it, I had to try it, 5000 Hotmail address like $29.95 > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Subject: RE: slightly OT - Outlook and IE > > >Hotmail sells your address to them. > > Really. Yes, that must be it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearswift monitors, controls and protects all its messaging traffic in compliance with its corporate email policy using Clearswift products. Find out more about Clearswift, its solutions and services at http://www.clearswift.com **************************************************************************** **************************** This communication is confidential and may contain privileged information intended solely for the named addressee(s). It may not be used or disclosed except for the purpose for which it has been sent. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Unless expressly stated, opinions in this message are those of the individual sender and not of Clearswift. If you have received this communication in error, please notify Clearswift by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoting the sender and delete the message and any attached documents. Clearswift accepts no liability or responsibility for any onward transmission or use of emails and attachments having left the Clearswift domain. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
