On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:19 AM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Mike Schwab <[email protected]>wrote: > >> That account goes away if you change providers or move and have to >> change providers. Plus it enables a lot of impersonation. And when >> you upload any attachments, you are certain it gets to your email host >> anyway. > > "Plus it enables a lot of impersonation."?? Huh? How is a webmail account > any more immune to this? > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"
Someone could start their PC, start their email client, enter your email as the sender, and start sending emails through your account via SMTP by only getting your email address. No password required. Web pages do require passwords to access your account. -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
