On 3/31/2012 5:24 PM, Al Kozakiewicz wrote:
> Actually, that's not true. As a subscriber to tower talk, I now know David
> Gilbert's email address and that towertalk@contesting.com will accept a
> message purporting to be from him. Armed with that knowledge and an ISP that
> doesn't care if I operate an SMTP server, I can send email to everyone who
> subscribes to this list without ever accessing your computer. I don't need
> to have access to your address book, only copies emails you've sent or have
> been sent to you. And I can get them legitimately.
And many of us use SMTP servers. I use charter to access the net for
speed and capacity, but I use a different company for my web server and
e-mail. I use different addresses for reflectors, subscriptions, and
memberships. That lets me keep track of who gets what address. OTOH
when your address goes to a reflector any one who knows how (and has the
capability) can easily use the same address. On the reflectors it's just
a PITA but it's what they might do with those addresses elsewhere that
bothers me more.
73
Roger (K8RI)
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