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09-30-2009, 06:30 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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NEW EMAIL SCAM PLEASE READ
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09-30-2009, 06:33 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Actually pretty easy to do.
Always use https to communicate . Never leave your email on places like fb, etc. open for view
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09-30-2009, 06:47 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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I can send e-mail as anybody I want to....it only becomes an issue when they reply  done it many a times just to screw with people. anybody want to win Publishers Clearing House? 
https doesn't help you with e-mail...you need to encrypt e-mail if you don't want it intercepted. |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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09-30-2009, 06:53 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
I can send e-mail as anybody I want to....it only becomes an issue when they reply done it many a times just to screw with people. anybody want to win Publishers Clearing House?
https doesn't help you with e-mail...you need to encrypt e-mail if you don't want it intercepted. |
I use https for email |
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09-30-2009, 06:56 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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You use https to Read your E-mail...not to send your e-mail. E-mail travels over smtp.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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09-30-2009, 06:58 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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between smtp servers/gateways it is in the clear, stand corrected.
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10-01-2009, 09:38 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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People didn't believe that about email, so I sent them a message from God, to believe that anyone can craft an email 
GOD@god.org
ehlo, anybody listening? |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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10-01-2009, 09:46 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
Posts: 1,701
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So how does one prevent such a thing from happening?
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"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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10-01-2009, 10:09 AM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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Good question and one I don't think there's an answer to...I think you just have to be REAL careful these days.
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10-01-2009, 11:22 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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3 rules of thumb for e-mail...
1. if you don't know the person.....delete it......don't open it, don't read it and try and rationalize it....just delete it
2. if you know the person and they are asking for anything.....call them and verify it. Telephones are still the most reliable form of communication.
3. Never unsubscribe from any e-mail list....they are out there fishing for live addresses....when you unsubscribe you just verified that you are there.
follow these three rules and you should be fine.....Oh yeah, and use common sense at all times
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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10-01-2009, 11:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
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Someone compromised my email as i have been finding these perps fishing my best spots lately i think they are nigerians.They also got many a good pole # for the canal.Salty get ready for a run on your needles they got that info too.
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Originally Posted by Flaptail
"Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy."
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