Brad,
It was my understanding that cookies were just files on your computer that
contain information given to it by the web site you are visiting. They keep
track of things like the number of times you visited that site, any
registration info for that site, and other things related only to that site.
The browser maintains security for the cookies so only the site that created
the cookie can access it. The site can read only the cookie that it
created, it can't read cookies created by other sites. Of course, I could
be wrong about it also<g>
BTW, I have cookies enabled and have only received spam from my newsgroup
postings (I use a different address there).
Mike Welch
'68 +/- Spitfire MkIII
'60 Jaguar MkII
http://home.turbopower.com/~mikew
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Kahler [mailto:brad.kahler@141.com]
Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 7:15 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Junk mail (spam) no LBC
Something else to consider. If you're using something like Netscape for
your email and you allow "cookies" to be sent to your computer then the
site that you're logged onto can read the information for your computer. I
purposely don't inter any email info into Netscape settings and also don' t
allow cookes to be sent to my computer. The combination of doing the
above and also due to the particular email provider I use I recieve maybe
one or two spam emails in a bad week. Usually I can go weeks without
getting any spam mail.
I could be wrong on some of the above but thats how it was all explained to
me by an ISP provider once.
Just my $0.02
> Barry,
>
> I started to get a bunch of spam as soon as I got onto the list a year and
> a half ago or so. It took a couple of months, but ignoring the spammers
> seemed to make them go away. I've gotten almost no spam for a year or so
> now. You've got to stop hanging out on those porno sites! ;-)
>
> Scott Barr
> ScottBarr8@aol.com
> 72 GT6
Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502)
My Web Site Http://www.141.com/triumphs (updated 12/3/98)
1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L -- 1973 Spitfire 1500 FM3353U
1962 TR4 CT288L -- 1965 TR4 CT38888LO parts car?
1959 TR3A TS41311L -- 1959 TR3A TS53523L parts car
1951 Dodge Truck B-3-B-108
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