Yes we have heard of this, if anyone adds a Plaxo contact to their email it will grab all of their email addresses that they've sent email to and use them for spam distribution. One of our clients added a friend that was using Plaxo contacts and had all kinds of problems after accepting his Plaxo contact info. If I remember correctly his issue was so bad that he did an FDisk and reinstall, which could have been an overkill or another issue. This client is not totally up to speed with PC knowledge, but is a really nice person.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Van Hefner Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 4:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMail Forum] Plaxo All, I am not sure how on-topic this is, but would appreciate your feedback. Has anyone out there had any significant experience with a company called Plaxo? I am always getting these e-mails from various domains that actually originate from Plaxo.Com. I checked out their website, and they purport to be a legit business that allows people to share contact information in the form of online vCards. The thing is, out of the dozens of e-mails I have received from alleged Plaxo subscribers, I have never once gotten one from someone I actually knew, or had any business with whatsoever. Their e-mails usually start out something like, "Hi again, I noticed that I didn't get a response from my last email to you. I'm using a new tool called Plaxo to update my address book." However, I have no clue who these various individuals are, and am wondering if this whole thing isn't just some giant phishing scam. Should I start rejecting these things? Do they actually have any legitimate users? Any idea if the company itself may be running a phishing scam, or if they just have tons of subscribers who are abusing it? I noticed on their website that they just signed some sort of marketing deal with a handful of companies, most of whom I have never heard of. The one I had heard of has long been on my blacklist for being a notorious spammer. Would appreciate your feedback. William Van Hefner Network Administrator Vantek Communications, Inc. http://www.vantekcommunications.com To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
