Re: Chain Letters

[Carol Simpson <csimpson@TENET.EDU>]

On 20 Jun 1997, Dan Robinson / Indexing Services wrote:

> Nice idea, but it won't work. I don't need the address in a sig to
> get an email address, I just go to the headers. Those are put in by
> the computer and you can't change them unless you're going to spoof
> your email and then LM_NET won't accept the message for posting
> anyway.
>
You are assuming that you are receiving the mail directly.  The web
scavengers read newgroups, and those don't include headers.  It is true
that if you have entered your e-mail address in the configuration portion
of Netscape or another browser, each site you visit can collect your
name.  Of course you can spoof that, too.

Carol Simpson
csimpson@tenet.edu