Re: Question on FTP Email address settings

"Ben Bucksch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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.

Wow, I just downloaded this version (1.4) last night from mozilla.org!  It's
fairly current, although it did say when I installed it that it was more
than a few weeks old.

So I should just uncheck that option, right?

The ghost

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> Excessive distribution, followupto .prefs.
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