Nobody can "start my PC" at home without a password. At work, a "administrator" can do so. But, since they have access to everything else, they don't need to bother. Nobody else can just walk up and use my PC. I leave it locked when I leave my desk. Unless they have "cracked" my password, of course.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Mike Schwab > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:58 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: OT - disappearing responses > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:19 AM, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Mike Schwab > <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> That account goes away if you change providers or move and have to > >> change providers. Plus it enables a lot of impersonation. And when > >> you upload any attachments, you are certain it gets to your email > host > >> anyway. > > > > "Plus it enables a lot of impersonation."?? Huh? How is a webmail > account > > any more immune to this? > > -- > > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > Someone could start their PC, start their email client, enter your > email as the sender, and start sending emails through your account via > SMTP by only getting your email address. No password required. Web > pages do require passwords to access your account. > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
