Fake Senders E-Mail

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terry

When I post a question on Microsoft Newsgroup the
automatic senders e-mail is "anonymous @ discussions.com.
When I do the same on Outlook Espress, (I use it for my E-
mail), and I send it to the newsgroups; I later checked
it on the Microsoft website and my complete email address
was there. Is that dangerous, and shoud I change my e-
mail address in the newsgroup (on Outlook Express0 to a
fake one? I read that somewhere opn thw Microsoft website.
Terry
 
It would be advisable to use a fake email address when
posting on to this website. People look for email
addresses on this website and use them to send spam and
viruses.
 
terry said:
When I post a question on Microsoft Newsgroup the
automatic senders e-mail is "anonymous @ discussions.com.
When I do the same on Outlook Espress, (I use it for my E-
mail), and I send it to the newsgroups; I later checked
it on the Microsoft website and my complete email address
was there. Is that dangerous, and shoud I change my e-
mail address in the newsgroup (on Outlook Express0 to a
fake one? I read that somewhere opn thw Microsoft website.
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Spammers harvest email addresses from, among other sources, newsgroup
postings. You can use a genuine but disposable return address (Hotmail in
my case) or "munge" your existing address. But munge properly:
http://members.aol.com/emailfaq/mungfaq.html#how-mung

HTH,
Ian.
 
Hi,

You should change it, or at least disguise it. You may already be too late.
Click tools/options/accounts/news tab, select the newsserver and click
properties. Change the e-mail adddress line on the general tab.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
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