At 09:34 AM 6/3/96 -0400, Konrad HINSEN wrote:
Yes, but if I do not send an email from netscape, the site should not be capable of seeing my configuration in my Netscape.ini file?! If it can do that, there is much more to worry about.
Indeed. But there is another possibility: Netscape could transmit the e-mail address from its configuration with every HTTP request. Not that this is a much more attractive alternative...
But then why show me that my address was caa1_p3.telepac.pt? and not my real address?
It must be something else. Otherwise instead of stating that my email address is caal_p3.telepac.pt, it should be capable of saying what my 'real' email address is. I have a feeling it is some type of WHOIS service.
Based on what information?
When I sign up with an internet provider, there is a file somewhere with the relevant info. Is there no way that that can be accessed? I like Pete Biggs' explaination, but I have never heard of such a thing (not that does mean much) and wouldn't I see something like: contacting host: mail.telepac.pt? Patrick ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver@ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@ic.ac.uk)