Email

*Clare Gledhill* · August 22nd, 2006, 07:35 PM

Something which is of great concern to me has come to my attention.

As most of you know, I use a parliamentary email address (as listed on here) for all of my correspondence - apart from PMs on here and YD. I have no other email addresses.

If any of you have recieved an email from a hotmail or gmail account - which suggests that it is from me please forward to me immediately. It appears that someone is having fun sending email out in my name. I have no idea why they are doing this but it has to be stopped.

Gareth Burrows · August 22nd, 2006, 07:36 PM

damnation, so its not you I ordered the case of Viagra from then?

:D

Adrian Kelland · August 22nd, 2006, 08:03 PM

An interesting problem you have there Clare.

You are not the only Clare Gledhill, nor Gledders for that matter. Can you prove that these emails are purporting to be from YOU?

If so then you probably have a good case to complain to the email provider - quite how you go about this I have no idea. It is not exactly cybersquatting, but you could try emailing the relevant abuse@ email address if one exists.

Do you have examples?

Adrian

fraser · August 22nd, 2006, 08:13 PM

Clare,

You have a PM

Fraser.

hbatista · August 23rd, 2006, 12:32 AM

Hi

Sending e-mail in the name of another person is so easy that it scares! That's why you should consider a e-mail certificate, which you only have, and can proove your identity.

check this out: http://www.thawte.com/
For e-mail only, it's free! I use it since 1 year ago, and it's great. Simple and secure!

david_1 · August 23rd, 2006, 12:38 AM

Quote: (Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill)

Something which is of great concern to me has come to my attention.

As most of you know, I use a parliamentary email address (as listed on here) for all of my correspondence - apart from PMs on here and YD. I have no other email addresses.

If any of you have recieved an email from a hotmail or gmail account - which suggests that it is from me please forward to me immediately. It appears that someone is having fun sending email out in my name. I have no idea why they are doing this but it has to be stopped.

have a look at this thread on yd same problem there too
http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/foru...se-emails.html

David

jasonmh · August 23rd, 2006, 10:57 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill)

Something which is of great concern to me has come to my attention.

As most of you know, I use a parliamentary email address (as listed on here) for all of my correspondence - apart from PMs on here and YD. I have no other email addresses.

If any of you have recieved an email from a hotmail or gmail account - which suggests that it is from me please forward to me immediately. It appears that someone is having fun sending email out in my name. I have no idea why they are doing this but it has to be stopped.

Hi Clare,

I just wanted to say not to worry about this too much. This happens All The Time, and there really is nothing you can do to stop it. I can send out all the email I want and say I am anyone. The good part is that although it is extremely annoying, it is rarely damaging, since someone who knows what to look for can prove/disprove that an email came from you. I see this all the time from people who are outraged to discover that this goes on. Who knows, there could be thousands of emails out there with Jason Hess on them, and I would never know it. I try to relate it to the postal system:
I could walk to the post office right now and send out hundreds of letters to people, and I could write your name in the return address field. The post office will still deliver them, cause they don't know that they didn't come from Clare Gledders. The receiver will see your name and might think it came from you, but on closer inspection someone would see that it was mailed from New Mexico, and since you are far from here they must not really be from you.
Try not to take it too hard.
Jason

ppo2_diver · August 24th, 2006, 01:06 AM

You mean that picture I got from you wasn't really you?!

August 22nd, 2006, 07:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Clare Gledhill (Online) GUE Instructor Site Admin Pacman Champion! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,540	Email Something which is of great concern to me has come to my attention. As most of you know, I use a parliamentary email address (as listed on here) for all of my correspondence - apart from PMs on here and YD. I have no other email addresses. If any of you have recieved an email from a hotmail or gmail account - which suggests that it is from me please forward to me immediately. It appears that someone is having fun sending email out in my name. I have no idea why they are doing this but it has to be stopped. __________________ Clare . "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions....Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great." Interested in DIR dive training? Always happy to chat/answer questions so get in touch via PM or visit www.dirdiver.co.uk

August 22nd, 2006, 07:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gareth Burrows(Offline) Chimp 2 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Horsham, West Sussex Posts: 365	damnation, so its not you I ordered the case of Viagra from then? :D __________________ Garf Amusing and Clever Signature under construction.

August 22nd, 2006, 08:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
fraser(Offline) "I'm only late on your timescale" Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 463	Clare, You have a PM Fraser. __________________ Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

August 23rd, 2006, 12:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
hbatista(Offline) New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lisbon, PT Posts: 28	get secured! Hi Sending e-mail in the name of another person is so easy that it scares! That's why you should consider a e-mail certificate, which you only have, and can proove your identity. check this out: http://www.thawte.com/ For e-mail only, it's free! I use it since 1 year ago, and it's great. Simple and secure!

August 24th, 2006, 01:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
ppo2_diver (Online) DIR Practitioner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Naperville, IL USA (Chicago Suburb) Posts: 105	You mean that picture I got from you wasn't really you?! __________________ Duane A. Johnson Precision Diving

August 22nd, 2006, 08:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Adrian Kelland(Offline) Can't remember Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Exeter - Team of 1 Posts: 267	An interesting problem you have there Clare. You are not the only Clare Gledhill, nor Gledders for that matter. Can you prove that these emails are purporting to be from YOU? If so then you probably have a good case to complain to the email provider - quite how you go about this I have no idea. It is not exactly cybersquatting, but you could try emailing the relevant abuse@ email address if one exists. Do you have examples? Adrian

August 23rd, 2006, 12:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
david_1(Offline) New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: sussex Posts: 295	Quote: (Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill) Something which is of great concern to me has come to my attention. As most of you know, I use a parliamentary email address (as listed on here) for all of my correspondence - apart from PMs on here and YD. I have no other email addresses. If any of you have recieved an email from a hotmail or gmail account - which suggests that it is from me please forward to me immediately. It appears that someone is having fun sending email out in my name. I have no idea why they are doing this but it has to be stopped. have a look at this thread on yd same problem there too http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/foru...se-emails.html David

August 23rd, 2006, 10:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
jasonmh(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 125	Quote: (Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill) Something which is of great concern to me has come to my attention. As most of you know, I use a parliamentary email address (as listed on here) for all of my correspondence - apart from PMs on here and YD. I have no other email addresses. If any of you have recieved an email from a hotmail or gmail account - which suggests that it is from me please forward to me immediately. It appears that someone is having fun sending email out in my name. I have no idea why they are doing this but it has to be stopped. Hi Clare, I just wanted to say not to worry about this too much. This happens All The Time, and there really is nothing you can do to stop it. I can send out all the email I want and say I am anyone. The good part is that although it is extremely annoying, it is rarely damaging, since someone who knows what to look for can prove/disprove that an email came from you. I see this all the time from people who are outraged to discover that this goes on. Who knows, there could be thousands of emails out there with Jason Hess on them, and I would never know it. I try to relate it to the postal system: I could walk to the post office right now and send out hundreds of letters to people, and I could write your name in the return address field. The post office will still deliver them, cause they don't know that they didn't come from Clare Gledders. The receiver will see your name and might think it came from you, but on closer inspection someone would see that it was mailed from New Mexico, and since you are far from here they must not really be from you. Try not to take it too hard. Jason