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datalas:
--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on March 26, 2008, 18:56:34 ---I didn't know talktalk had been selling all my data, bloody great as I use interent banking that would explain all the spoof bank emails I get, usually 2 a day.
My sister has been with AOL for years, I might look into swapping.
--- End quote ---
Your internet bank should be using SSL (if they aren't change it now, or at least stop) if so then they will only be able to log the fact you have been to the domain of the internet bank, not any of the pages you visited within. Granted that's not necessarily any better but it does at least limit the data they have access to.
Whilst I understand your concerns and a healthy level of paranoia is healthy [1] I would imagine that the number of phishing attacks you receive is due to the fact that spam has increased several fold in the last year and that finding an idiot on the internet seems to be insanely easy to do if you email enough people. Not that you're an idiot, it's just that they live in eternal hope :(
Another interesting thing to note is that some organizations (and some ISPs) sell email data to third parties, and those that don't can have rather obvious email addresses for people.
Perhaps we should just turn the internet off.
[1] OK, that's a contradiction in and of itself, but hey ho
JumboBeef:
I use BT without any issues.
--- Quote from: carbore on March 26, 2008, 09:11:47 ---BT broadband customers who don't use an @btinternet.com address are being forced to jump through hoops to send email, as the national telco says it is tightening its anti-spam policies.
A change in BT's rules means individuals and businesses who use a desktop SMTP program such as Outlook or Thunderbird with their own domain name are being confronted with error number 553 when they try to send mail. SMTP error 553 is raised when a remote server rejects the mail because the sender's domain is not on its approved list.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/25/bt_email_verification_update/
--- End quote ---
I use SMTP (outlook) all the time (and never use my BT email address ~ can't even remember what it is!) and have never received an error 553 (or any other error). Anyway, the link you have posted says:
--- Quote ---SMTP error 553 is raised when a remote server rejects the mail because the sender's domain is not on its approved list.
--- End quote ---
...so it a domain issue and not BT issue.
People love to hate BT but I don't think they are much different to other ISPs (plus you can call them on a free phone number, not many ISPs offer that).
carbore:
Interesting comment from JumboBeef. IT has been widley repoted that BT have caused a lot of people (Wireless included) problems but you have not suffered so.
Maybe they have blocked the sending from non bt domains via the BT smtp server as opposed to a blanket block on ntn BT domain SMTP traffic. I use 1-1 and send out via 1-1 SMTP servers which authenticate me via username and password. If aomeones mail servers dont provide this and rely on you being connected via "thier isp", e.g havign thier IP address then you need to send out via the connecting ISPs (say BT) mail server in which case it could bet blocked. This IS a bt issue as things worked before the change that now do not.
Unless I had a BT account to try these options on I cant try it for myself but the balence of what I have read says that they are being a pain!
Still its nice to know that not everyone has suffered.
karlo:
I e-mailed Virgin about this Phorm doofer and have received this reply:
Dear Karl,
Thanks for your email.
I would like to inform you that our customers won’t be forced to use the Phorm system, and will have the choice to keep their internet experience exactly as it is now. As we get closer to launch we’ll explain how this will work.
For more information please visit the below given link.
http://www.virginmedia.com/customers/webwise.php
For further queries, please contact our Customer Support Department on 0870 013 0070.
If you need any further assistance please contact us again, or visit the following address:
http://www.virgin.net/helpme/
Many Thanks
Jaibeer
Virgin Media Customer Support
You may have noticed that we have changed our name to Virgin Media. So
What does this mean? Well the same great service and value, but now we
can bring you even more exciting new services. To find out more visit:
http://www.virgin.net/allyours/broadband/
Quaker:
I was with AOL for 3 years and whilst the service was ok whilst it worked - every 6 months or so it would randomly stop working and after spending a small fortune ringing India (The staff were fairly helpful but had there hands tied with the info they could give me!) I would get it working again myself after giving up with them.
I've now switched to Orange (I got it cheaper with my mobile package) and after a couple of teething problems have to say it's pretty good. I'd certainly recommend them.
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