Someone using my MSN ID and email ?

I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40 emails per day with
about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft newsletters and other
computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This number very rarely
varies more then just a few.

On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks, I have gotten maybe
5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email me, but I never
received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN except years ago
when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting mail. I just changed
the password again, (last time that helped for about 10 days) and so
far....at least for the last few days I am back to receiving my normal
emails. However over the last week (before I changed the password again)
there was a very large drop in the emails that I received.
Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN that would show
what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This would at least limit the
people that might have access to the email. Not sure if this is something
for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general customer service just
give me thee pre-canned message to change your password often. The last
password I used was a long one (about 18 characters) and I do not know any
other way around this.
Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not like very much !
Thanks.

--
Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com

Blondie
Sun Jan 25 08:37:42 CST 2004

Sorry to hear about your problem Tedd, I know how you
feel, invasion of privacy is makes your blood curdle.
I dont the the answer to your question.
But one way round this would be close down your MSN ID,
and get a new one. It will be a bother to let the ppl
you know, about the change, but it will stop whoever it
is getting your new ID and password.

----Original Message-----
I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40
emails per day with about 5-8 being Spam, the others are
alot of Microsoft newsletters and other computer
newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This number
very rarely varies more then just a few.
On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks,
I have gotten maybe 5 emails altogether and have had
friends say they email me, but I never received the
email. This has never been a problem on MSN except years
ago when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting
mail. I just changed the password again, (last time that
helped for about 10 days) and so far....at least for the
last few days I am back to receiving my normal emails.
However over the last week (before I changed the password
again)there was a very large drop in the emails that I
received.
Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN
that would show what IP's people used to logon to my
account ? This would at least limit the people that might
have access to the email. Not sure if this is something
for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general
customer service just give me thee pre-canned message to
change your password often. The last password I used was
a long one (about 18 characters) and I do not know any
other way around this.
Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not
like very much !
Thanks.
>
>--
>Tedd Riggs
>PDA Square Content Developer
>www.pdasquare.com
>
>
>
>.
>

Kuay
Sun Jan 25 09:30:00 CST 2004

Hi Tedd,

This issue would have me looking for another ISP. Either someone being able
to discover your password, or an ongoing server problem would be
unacceptable. It is interesting that the recommended action is to change the
password *often*. I'll need to check what my ISP recommends. Do you have an
idea who might be interested in intercepting your e-mails?

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
Lynnwood, WA
*

"Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
news:OswIGx04DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40 emails per day with
> about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft newsletters and
other
> computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This number very rarely
> varies more then just a few.
>
> On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks, I have gotten
maybe
> 5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email me, but I never
> received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN except years ago
> when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting mail. I just changed
> the password again, (last time that helped for about 10 days) and so
> far....at least for the last few days I am back to receiving my normal
> emails. However over the last week (before I changed the password again)
> there was a very large drop in the emails that I received.
> Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN that would show
> what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This would at least limit
the
> people that might have access to the email. Not sure if this is something
> for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general customer service
just
> give me thee pre-canned message to change your password often. The last
> password I used was a long one (about 18 characters) and I do not know any
> other way around this.
> Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not like very much !
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Tedd Riggs
> PDA Square Content Developer
> www.pdasquare.com
>
>
>

Tedd
Sun Jan 25 09:43:42 CST 2004

Tim
Well yes I do have an idea as the person did a few years ago when they were
able to physically get to my email account (and my Notebook) as they had a
trick that they could go directly into MSN and download all the messages
that I had missed. But...I assumed that changing the password would stop
this, but it does not look like it has. The person has also posted some
things on the net that I found using my email address as when I did a search
on google for both my name and email address, there were several messages
that had one or the other or both and they were for sure not from me. I am
thinking of changing to Verizon ADSL or maybe Comcast cable. But I hate to
give up my old email address as this one has been around since MSN first
started.
Tedd

--
Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com


"Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message
news:eCq6ag14DHA.2648@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Tedd,
>
> This issue would have me looking for another ISP. Either someone being
able
> to discover your password, or an ongoing server problem would be
> unacceptable. It is interesting that the recommended action is to change
the
> password *often*. I'll need to check what my ISP recommends. Do you have
an
> idea who might be interested in intercepting your e-mails?
>
> --
> Tim K.
> aka Kuay Tim
> Lynnwood, WA
> *
>
> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
> news:OswIGx04DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40 emails per day
with
> > about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft newsletters and
> other
> > computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This number very
rarely
> > varies more then just a few.
> >
> > On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks, I have gotten
> maybe
> > 5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email me, but I never
> > received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN except years
ago
> > when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting mail. I just
changed
> > the password again, (last time that helped for about 10 days) and so
> > far....at least for the last few days I am back to receiving my normal
> > emails. However over the last week (before I changed the password again)
> > there was a very large drop in the emails that I received.
> > Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN that would
show
> > what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This would at least limit
> the
> > people that might have access to the email. Not sure if this is
something
> > for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general customer service
> just
> > give me thee pre-canned message to change your password often. The last
> > password I used was a long one (about 18 characters) and I do not know
any
> > other way around this.
> > Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not like very much
!
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Tedd Riggs
> > PDA Square Content Developer
> > www.pdasquare.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Tedd
Sun Jan 25 09:45:41 CST 2004

Thanks Blondie,
Yes you are right, the invasion of privacy feel like someone broke into my
house and still is there, its a rotten feeling ! I might do as you say and
shut down the MSN account, just hate to do that as I have had this email
address for so long. But it would be worth it !
Thanks again
Tedd

--
Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com


"Blondie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:383f01c3e350$ca5df570$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Sorry to hear about your problem Tedd, I know how you
> feel, invasion of privacy is makes your blood curdle.
> I dont the the answer to your question.
> But one way round this would be close down your MSN ID,
> and get a new one. It will be a bother to let the ppl
> you know, about the change, but it will stop whoever it
> is getting your new ID and password.
>
> ----Original Message-----
> I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40
> emails per day with about 5-8 being Spam, the others are
> alot of Microsoft newsletters and other computer
> newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This number
> very rarely varies more then just a few.
> On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks,
> I have gotten maybe 5 emails altogether and have had
> friends say they email me, but I never received the
> email. This has never been a problem on MSN except years
> ago when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting
> mail. I just changed the password again, (last time that
> helped for about 10 days) and so far....at least for the
> last few days I am back to receiving my normal emails.
> However over the last week (before I changed the password
> again)there was a very large drop in the emails that I
> received.
> Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN
> that would show what IP's people used to logon to my
> account ? This would at least limit the people that might
> have access to the email. Not sure if this is something
> for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general
> customer service just give me thee pre-canned message to
> change your password often. The last password I used was
> a long one (about 18 characters) and I do not know any
> other way around this.
> Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not
> like very much !
> Thanks.
> >
> >--
> >Tedd Riggs
> >PDA Square Content Developer
> >www.pdasquare.com
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

winston
Sun Jan 25 21:46:09 CST 2004

Changing the password would stop access to your account..if a profile where
a secret question is available..change the answer to something totally
unrelated to the question.e.g. Favorite Color = Queen Mary...the extra
insurance could avoid someone resetting the password..but a password change
will not stop others from using the address fraudulently..
..winston

"Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
news:OI9zzp14DHA.4068@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
: Tim
: Well yes I do have an idea as the person did a few years ago when they
were
: able to physically get to my email account (and my Notebook) as they had a
: trick that they could go directly into MSN and download all the messages
: that I had missed. But...I assumed that changing the password would stop
: this, but it does not look like it has. The person has also posted some
: things on the net that I found using my email address as when I did a
search
: on google for both my name and email address, there were several messages
: that had one or the other or both and they were for sure not from me. I am
: thinking of changing to Verizon ADSL or maybe Comcast cable. But I hate to
: give up my old email address as this one has been around since MSN first
: started.
: Tedd
:
: --
: Tedd Riggs
: PDA Square Content Developer
: www.pdasquare.com
:
:
: "Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message
: news:eCq6ag14DHA.2648@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
: > Hi Tedd,
: >
: > This issue would have me looking for another ISP. Either someone being
: able
: > to discover your password, or an ongoing server problem would be
: > unacceptable. It is interesting that the recommended action is to change
: the
: > password *often*. I'll need to check what my ISP recommends. Do you have
: an
: > idea who might be interested in intercepting your e-mails?
: >
: > --
: > Tim K.
: > aka Kuay Tim
: > Lynnwood, WA
: > *
: >
: > "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
: > news:OswIGx04DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
: > > I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40 emails per day
: with
: > > about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft newsletters and
: > other
: > > computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This number very
: rarely
: > > varies more then just a few.
: > >
: > > On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks, I have gotten
: > maybe
: > > 5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email me, but I
never
: > > received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN except years
: ago
: > > when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting mail. I just
: changed
: > > the password again, (last time that helped for about 10 days) and so
: > > far....at least for the last few days I am back to receiving my normal
: > > emails. However over the last week (before I changed the password
again)
: > > there was a very large drop in the emails that I received.
: > > Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN that would
: show
: > > what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This would at least
limit
: > the
: > > people that might have access to the email. Not sure if this is
: something
: > > for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general customer
service
: > just
: > > give me thee pre-canned message to change your password often. The
last
: > > password I used was a long one (about 18 characters) and I do not know
: any
: > > other way around this.
: > > Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not like very
much
: !
: > > Thanks.
: > >
: > > --
: > > Tedd Riggs
: > > PDA Square Content Developer
: > > www.pdasquare.com
: > >
: > >
: > >
: >
: >
:
:

anonymous
Mon Jan 26 15:11:07 CST 2004

I'm basically having a similar problem with mine, what is
the cause, as I don't think anybody has my password, I
was logged out about half an hour after changing my
password. What do I do?

>-----Original Message-----
>I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40
emails per day with
>about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft
newsletters and other
>computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This
number very rarely
>varies more then just a few.
>
>On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks,
I have gotten maybe
>5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email
me, but I never
>received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN
except years ago
>when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting
mail. I just changed
>the password again, (last time that helped for about 10
days) and so
>far....at least for the last few days I am back to
receiving my normal
>emails. However over the last week (before I changed the
password again)
>there was a very large drop in the emails that I
received.
>Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from
MSN that would show
>what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This
would at least limit the
>people that might have access to the email. Not sure if
this is something
>for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general
customer service just
>give me thee pre-canned message to change your password
often. The last
>password I used was a long one (about 18 characters) and
I do not know any
>other way around this.
>Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not
like very much !
>Thanks.
>
>--
>Tedd Riggs
>PDA Square Content Developer
>www.pdasquare.com
>
>
>
>.
>

Joe
Tue Jan 27 22:27:32 CST 2004

HI.
I think you are not take care your msn mail adderss in newsgroup,that is a
big problem!
You should not your personal mail to send your news,change another one.
:-)



"Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
news:OswIGx04DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40 emails per day with
> about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft newsletters and
other
> computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This number very rarely
> varies more then just a few.
>
> On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks, I have gotten
maybe
> 5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email me, but I never
> received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN except years ago
> when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting mail. I just changed
> the password again, (last time that helped for about 10 days) and so
> far....at least for the last few days I am back to receiving my normal
> emails. However over the last week (before I changed the password again)
> there was a very large drop in the emails that I received.
> Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN that would show
> what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This would at least limit
the
> people that might have access to the email. Not sure if this is something
> for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general customer service
just
> give me thee pre-canned message to change your password often. The last
> password I used was a long one (about 18 characters) and I do not know any
> other way around this.
> Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not like very much !
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Tedd Riggs
> PDA Square Content Developer
> www.pdasquare.com
>
>
>

Tedd
Wed Jan 28 08:16:31 CST 2004

I am not using my MSN address,. Try to send to it and see how far it goes..
It is set up that way so that people that want to write to me can, but the
spam harvesters will only get a invalid address. No email has a , (comma) in
it or a 0 (Zero) in the URL address. Since changing to this format, I do not
get any additional spam, only people that want to write to me directly. Plus
sitting behind some pretty good Firewalls, Spam filters and Spy search
programs, I just do not get much junk. Thanks for the warning. What about
your email address ? it is in the clear.

--
Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com


"Joe" <snakejoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ewWORcV5DHA.2056@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> HI.
> I think you are not take care your msn mail adderss in newsgroup,that is
a
> big problem!
> You should not your personal mail to send your news,change another one.
> :-)
>
>
>
> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
> news:OswIGx04DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40 emails per day
with
> > about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft newsletters and
> other
> > computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This number very
rarely
> > varies more then just a few.
> >
> > On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks, I have gotten
> maybe
> > 5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email me, but I never
> > received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN except years
ago
> > when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting mail. I just
changed
> > the password again, (last time that helped for about 10 days) and so
> > far....at least for the last few days I am back to receiving my normal
> > emails. However over the last week (before I changed the password again)
> > there was a very large drop in the emails that I received.
> > Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN that would
show
> > what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This would at least limit
> the
> > people that might have access to the email. Not sure if this is
something
> > for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general customer service
> just
> > give me thee pre-canned message to change your password often. The last
> > password I used was a long one (about 18 characters) and I do not know
any
> > other way around this.
> > Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not like very much
!
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Tedd Riggs
> > PDA Square Content Developer
> > www.pdasquare.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>

PA
Wed Jan 28 15:31:15 CST 2004

Yeah, but you just told all and sundry how to un-munge your addy (not that a
halfway decent Trojan couldn't figure it out anyway)!
--
~PA Bear

Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas
to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly..
http://bertc.com/sniglets.htm

Tedd Riggs wrote:
> I am not using my MSN address,. Try to send to it and see how far it
> goes.. It is set up that way so that people that want to write to me can,
> but the spam harvesters will only get a invalid address. No email has a ,
> (comma) in it or a 0 (Zero) in the URL address. Since changing to this
> format, I do not get any additional spam, only people that want to write
> to me directly. Plus sitting behind some pretty good Firewalls, Spam
> filters and Spy search programs, I just do not get much junk. Thanks for
> the warning. What about your email address ? it is in the clear.
>
>
> "Joe" <snakejoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ewWORcV5DHA.2056@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> HI.
>> I think you are not take care your msn mail adderss in newsgroup,that
>> is a big problem!
>> You should not your personal mail to send your news,change another one.
>> :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
>> news:OswIGx04DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40 emails per day
>>> with about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft newsletters
>>> and other computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This
>>> number very rarely varies more then just a few.
>>>
>>> On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks, I have gotten
>>> maybe 5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email me, but I
>>> never received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN except
>>> years ago when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting mail. I
>>> just changed the password again, (last time that helped for about 10
>>> days) and so far....at least for the last few days I am back to
>>> receiving my normal emails. However over the last week (before I
>>> changed the password again) there was a very large drop in the emails
>>> that I received.
>>> Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN that would
>>> show what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This would at least
>>> limit the people that might have access to the email. Not sure if this
>>> is something for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general
>>> customer service just give me thee pre-canned message to change your
>>> password often. The last password I used was a long one (about 18
>>> characters) and I do not know any other way around this.
>>> Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not like very much
>>> ! Thanks.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tedd Riggs
>>> PDA Square Content Developer
>>> www.pdasquare.com

Tedd
Wed Jan 28 15:58:09 CST 2004

That's true, but I figure the auto-Spammers will not understand that and if
they do, then they will get a nicely munged email (somewhat like
PABear@AOL.com) :-)

--
Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com


"PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eBCCAYe5DHA.2380@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Yeah, but you just told all and sundry how to un-munge your addy (not that
a
> halfway decent Trojan couldn't figure it out anyway)!
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
> Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas
> to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly..
> http://bertc.com/sniglets.htm
>
> Tedd Riggs wrote:
> > I am not using my MSN address,. Try to send to it and see how far it
> > goes.. It is set up that way so that people that want to write to me
can,
> > but the spam harvesters will only get a invalid address. No email has a
,
> > (comma) in it or a 0 (Zero) in the URL address. Since changing to this
> > format, I do not get any additional spam, only people that want to write
> > to me directly. Plus sitting behind some pretty good Firewalls, Spam
> > filters and Spy search programs, I just do not get much junk. Thanks for
> > the warning. What about your email address ? it is in the clear.
> >
> >
> > "Joe" <snakejoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ewWORcV5DHA.2056@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> HI.
> >> I think you are not take care your msn mail adderss in newsgroup,that
> >> is a big problem!
> >> You should not your personal mail to send your news,change another
one.
> >> :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
> >> news:OswIGx04DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >>> I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40 emails per day
> >>> with about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft
newsletters
> >>> and other computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This
> >>> number very rarely varies more then just a few.
> >>>
> >>> On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks, I have gotten
> >>> maybe 5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email me, but
I
> >>> never received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN except
> >>> years ago when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting mail.
I
> >>> just changed the password again, (last time that helped for about 10
> >>> days) and so far....at least for the last few days I am back to
> >>> receiving my normal emails. However over the last week (before I
> >>> changed the password again) there was a very large drop in the emails
> >>> that I received.
> >>> Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN that would
> >>> show what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This would at
least
> >>> limit the people that might have access to the email. Not sure if this
> >>> is something for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general
> >>> customer service just give me thee pre-canned message to change your
> >>> password often. The last password I used was a long one (about 18
> >>> characters) and I do not know any other way around this.
> >>> Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not like very
much
> >>> ! Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Tedd Riggs
> >>> PDA Square Content Developer
> >>> www.pdasquare.com
>

PA
Wed Jan 28 17:28:35 CST 2004

/Hey/, now cut that out!

~PAB
www.asif.aol

Tedd Riggs wrote:
> That's true, but I figure the auto-Spammers will not understand that and
> if they do, then they will get a nicely munged email (somewhat like
> PABear@AOL.com) :-)
>
>> Yeah, but you just told all and sundry how to un-munge your addy (not
>> that a halfway decent Trojan couldn't figure it out anyway)!
>>
>> Tedd Riggs wrote:
>>> I am not using my MSN address,. Try to send to it and see how far it
>>> goes.. It is set up that way so that people that want to write to me
>>> can, but the spam harvesters will only get a invalid address. No email
>>> has a , (comma) in it or a 0 (Zero) in the URL address. Since changing
>>> to this format, I do not get any additional spam, only people that want
>>> to write to me directly. Plus sitting behind some pretty good
>>> Firewalls, Spam filters and Spy search programs, I just do not get much
>>> junk. Thanks for the warning. What about your email address ? it is in
>>> the clear.

Tedd
Wed Jan 28 21:47:39 CST 2004

Sorry...is PABear@Compuserve.com better ? :-)
Hey what is the www.asif.aol ? I get a blank page...is this revenge ?

--
Tedd Riggs



"PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:ue4ikZf5DHA.632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> /Hey/, now cut that out!
>
> ~PAB
> www.asif.aol
>
> Tedd Riggs wrote:
> > That's true, but I figure the auto-Spammers will not understand that and
> > if they do, then they will get a nicely munged email (somewhat like
> > PABear@AOL.com) :-)
> >
> >> Yeah, but you just told all and sundry how to un-munge your addy (not
> >> that a halfway decent Trojan couldn't figure it out anyway)!
> >>
> >> Tedd Riggs wrote:
> >>> I am not using my MSN address,. Try to send to it and see how far it
> >>> goes.. It is set up that way so that people that want to write to me
> >>> can, but the spam harvesters will only get a invalid address. No email
> >>> has a , (comma) in it or a 0 (Zero) in the URL address. Since changing
> >>> to this format, I do not get any additional spam, only people that
want
> >>> to write to me directly. Plus sitting behind some pretty good
> >>> Firewalls, Spam filters and Spy search programs, I just do not get
much
> >>> junk. Thanks for the warning. What about your email address ? it is in
> >>> the clear.

Tedd
Thu Jan 29 08:42:20 CST 2004

It has been stopped and all is fine now, thanks for the comments !

--
Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com


"...winston" <merlin@druid9#.com> wrote in message
news:%237987E84DHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Changing the password would stop access to your account..if a profile
where
> a secret question is available..change the answer to something totally
> unrelated to the question.e.g. Favorite Color = Queen Mary...the extra
> insurance could avoid someone resetting the password..but a password
change
> will not stop others from using the address fraudulently..
> ..winston
>
> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
> news:OI9zzp14DHA.4068@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> : Tim
> : Well yes I do have an idea as the person did a few years ago when they
> were
> : able to physically get to my email account (and my Notebook) as they had
a
> : trick that they could go directly into MSN and download all the messages
> : that I had missed. But...I assumed that changing the password would stop
> : this, but it does not look like it has. The person has also posted some
> : things on the net that I found using my email address as when I did a
> search
> : on google for both my name and email address, there were several
messages
> : that had one or the other or both and they were for sure not from me. I
am
> : thinking of changing to Verizon ADSL or maybe Comcast cable. But I hate
to
> : give up my old email address as this one has been around since MSN first
> : started.
> : Tedd
> :
> : --
> : Tedd Riggs
> : PDA Square Content Developer
> : www.pdasquare.com
> :
> :
> : "Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message
> : news:eCq6ag14DHA.2648@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> : > Hi Tedd,
> : >
> : > This issue would have me looking for another ISP. Either someone being
> : able
> : > to discover your password, or an ongoing server problem would be
> : > unacceptable. It is interesting that the recommended action is to
change
> : the
> : > password *often*. I'll need to check what my ISP recommends. Do you
have
> : an
> : > idea who might be interested in intercepting your e-mails?
> : >
> : > --
> : > Tim K.
> : > aka Kuay Tim
> : > Lynnwood, WA
> : > *
> : >
> : > "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
> : > news:OswIGx04DHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> : > > I cannot say for sure, but I usually get a good 30-40 emails per day
> : with
> : > > about 5-8 being Spam, the others are alot of Microsoft newsletters
and
> : > other
> : > > computer newsletters and then about 5 real emails. This number very
> : rarely
> : > > varies more then just a few.
> : > >
> : > > On a couple of times logging in over the last few weeks, I have
gotten
> : > maybe
> : > > 5 emails altogether and have had friends say they email me, but I
> never
> : > > received the email. This has never been a problem on MSN except
years
> : ago
> : > > when a "friend" found my login info and was diverting mail. I just
> : changed
> : > > the password again, (last time that helped for about 10 days) and so
> : > > far....at least for the last few days I am back to receiving my
normal
> : > > emails. However over the last week (before I changed the password
> again)
> : > > there was a very large drop in the emails that I received.
> : > > Is there anyway to get basically a "log on file" from MSN that would
> : show
> : > > what IP's people used to logon to my account ? This would at least
> limit
> : > the
> : > > people that might have access to the email. Not sure if this is
> : something
> : > > for Microsoft Privacy or Security or what. The general customer
> service
> : > just
> : > > give me thee pre-canned message to change your password often. The
> last
> : > > password I used was a long one (about 18 characters) and I do not
know
> : any
> : > > other way around this.
> : > > Any ideas out there as this is something I really do not like very
> much
> : !
> : > > Thanks.
> : > >
> : > > --
> : > > Tedd Riggs
> : > > PDA Square Content Developer
> : > > www.pdasquare.com
> : > >
> : > >
> : > >
> : >
> : >
> :
> :
>
>