Subject: question

From: Megan Oliver <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 22:10:35 -0400 (EDT)

Hello, 
	I was wondering if it was possible to hack into someone's computer
and redirect the mail that is sent out.  I'm not asking how to do it, just
if it is possible.  My friend, Joanne, sent an emial out a friend in
Colorado.  A kid on campus, Chris, apparently received this email.  So, we
sent out another email to the kid in Colorado and it said it was from
Chris.  I went into her computer and found that he had put his name in the
netscape "from mail preferences".  Is it possible for him to access my
email account?  Please reply soon!!

thanks Megan

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 19 Sep 1997 18:53:21 +0200

>> "MO" == Megan Oliver <[email-masked]> writes:

MO> Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to hack into someone's
MO> computer and redirect the mail that is sent out.  I'm not asking
MO> how to do it, just if it is possible.

Read the email faq.

MO> My friend, Joanne, sent an emial out a friend in Colorado.

Ummm... yeah, sure... But that's a different matter entirely. emials
are kinda dangerous. You shouldn't have done that, you know...

MO> A kid on campus, Chris, apparently received this email.

Child abuse...

MO> So, we sent out another email to the kid in Colorado 

Now, that was *really* clever...

MO> and it said it was from Chris.

A talking emial? Woah!

MO> I went into her computer 

You must be kinda small...

MO> and found that he had put his name in the netscape "from mail
MO> preferences".

Naughty little computer that one...

MO> Is it possible for him to access my email account?

No. Computers don't do that...

MO> Please reply soon!!

Err... no?

Cheers,
Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha, M.A.
Political Science Dept., Bonn University, Bonn
"They don't let you teach there, do they?"
Annelise Anderson in comp.mail.pine

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From: Lea <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:45:19 -0600 (MDT)

On 19 Sep 1997, Robin S. Socha wrote:

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> No. Computers don't do that...

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From: Lea <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:49:59 -0600 (MDT)

> On 19 Sep 1997, Robin S. Socha wrote:

Yeah.  Um.
Well.  See, what happened is I spilled coffee on my keyboard.
And grabbed a napkin, and tried to blot it up
whilst in the middle of composing a reply which, of course
was addressed to the list.
Sigh.  Sorry.
It's Friday.

Lea