Re: mail2web

You should install your own webmail software. It's quite common and easy 
now. Something like squirrelmail or imp/horde on the free operating 
system variants. Various other choices on the Microsoft platform.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 01:20:34PM -0400, robb kinnin wrote:
> the web site www.mail2web.com seems to be a plus for many users who want to
> check their email remotely....we have been promoting it for years.
> 
> Recently, I ended up using it to check one of my many email accounts that I
> keep quite private.  I have kept the address quite private for over four
> years to prevent it from being a victim of spam.
> 
> Low and behold I have started to get spam to that email address now.
> 
> Some of our users have started to complain that they, who only use the
> Internet for email, have started to get spam after returning from vacation.
> Those same people would have used a relatives computer to manage their email
> with mail2web as well.
> 
> Is it fair to say that mail2web either sells email addresses by capturing
> them from their smtp servers or are spammers somehow harvesting the email
> addresses from mail2web?
> 
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
> 
> 
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