Re: Question on FTP Email address settings
Ben Bucksch <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.security,gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.prefs,gmane.comp.mozilla.general,gmane.comp.mozilla.general,gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.prefs |
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| Organization | Beonex |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
GhostMouse wrote: >Whenn I try to do this in Mozilla 1.4, I have an option I've never seen >before, and that is the option to check a box that says "send *THIS* email address as anonymous FTP password" (emphasis added) and then there is a place to actually write in something, presumably an email address. > >My question is: Will putting in something like [email protected] (or any fake email address) actually stop the distribution of my real email addy and will it stop the spam I get from all these websites that are picking up my information from the browser as I surf? > You email address is not being sent to FTP servers unless you specifically enable that option and enter you address there. I thought we (in fact, I) removed that option exactly because it causes this kind of confusion. Excessive distribution, followupto .prefs.