E-Bay Problems

If anybody posts an item on here and gives you a link to see the item up for
auction on E-Bay, you click on it and it wants your password to view
it---PLEASE do not type your password in! They are steeling your pass word
and will have full access to your account. I did that a couple of times and
had them post auctions to my account that I did not authorize. I am new at
this thing any maybe all of you know this--but for the newbies it is
something that might be good information.

"Tim & Jinny" wrote in message
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If anybody posts an item on here and gives you a link to see the item up
for
auction on E-Bay, you click on it and it wants your password to view
it---PLEASE do not type your password in! They are steeling your pass word
and will have full access to your account. I did that a couple of times
and
had them post auctions to my account that I did not authorize. I am new at
this thing any maybe all of you know this--but for the newbies it is
something that might be good information.

I've clicked on nearly every ebaY auction link posted in the past year or
more. I've never had them ask me for a password.
You see, you can't fake a URL in USENET like you can in an HTML e-mail.
What you see is what you get. If it doesn't look like an ebaY link, it
probably isn't. Don't click on those. (1 out of 1,000,000?) You didn't
click on any ebaY link in this group that looked like an ebaY link and get a
password dialogue.

Troll?

Jonathan_ATC

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:24:29 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC"
wrote:

Troll?

I don't think so, Jonathan. If you click on "View Profile" while
viewing the message hread in Google group view, the number of posts
don't seem to indicate anything close to what a troll would write.

--
Bob Hairgrove

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:40:57 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:24:29 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC"
wrote:

Troll?

I don't think so, Jonathan. If you click on "View Profile" while
viewing the message hread in Google group view, the number of posts
don't seem to indicate anything close to what a troll would write.

Also, they're using Outlook Express to read the NG, which I believe
can be set to view things as HTML.

I think you could code a message so that someone who uses a reader
that shows only plain text would see the underlying code, but someone
using a reader that converts to HTML would see what looks like a good
link.

take care,
Scott

"Scott Stevenson" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:40:57 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:24:29 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC"
wrote:

Troll?

I don't think so, Jonathan. If you click on "View Profile" while
viewing the message hread in Google group view, the number of posts
don't seem to indicate anything close to what a troll would write.

Also, they're using Outlook Express to read the NG, which I believe
can be set to view things as HTML.

I think you could code a message so that someone who uses a reader
that shows only plain text would see the underlying code, but someone
using a reader that converts to HTML would see what looks like a good
link.

take care,
Scott

I use OE to read this newsgroup. As I have for years. I've clicked on
"nearly" every ebaY link posted and never had a problem.

Anyway, he's had a problem. He's warned the rest of us. So be it.

Jonathan_ATC

Scott Stevenson wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:40:57 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:24:29 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC"
wrote:

Troll?

I don't think so, Jonathan. If you click on "View Profile" while
viewing the message hread in Google group view, the number of posts
don't seem to indicate anything close to what a troll would write.

Also, they're using Outlook Express to read the NG, which I believe
can be set to view things as HTML.

I think you could code a message so that someone who uses a reader
that shows only plain text would see the underlying code, but someone
using a reader that converts to HTML would see what looks like a good
link.

take care,
Scott

Outlook Express!!!

It's a virus breeder, don't use it.

http://www.mozilla.org/

JAM

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:44:22 GMT, Adolphe Menjou "Adolphe
wrote:

Scott Stevenson wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:40:57 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:24:29 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC"
wrote:

Troll?

I don't think so, Jonathan. If you click on "View Profile" while
viewing the message hread in Google group view, the number of posts
don't seem to indicate anything close to what a troll would write.

Also, they're using Outlook Express to read the NG, which I believe
can be set to view things as HTML.

I think you could code a message so that someone who uses a reader
that shows only plain text would see the underlying code, but someone
using a reader that converts to HTML would see what looks like a good
link.

take care,
Scott

Outlook Express!!!

It's a virus breeder, don't use it.

http://www.mozilla.org/

Hence my using Agent. It has nice killfilters, too.

take care,
Scott

"Adolphe Menjou" "Adolphe wrote in message
...
Scott Stevenson wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:40:57 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:24:29 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC"
wrote:

Troll?

I don't think so, Jonathan. If you click on "View Profile" while
viewing the message hread in Google group view, the number of posts
don't seem to indicate anything close to what a troll would write.

Also, they're using Outlook Express to read the NG, which I believe
can be set to view things as HTML.

I think you could code a message so that someone who uses a reader
that shows only plain text would see the underlying code, but someone
using a reader that converts to HTML would see what looks like a good
link.

take care,
Scott

Outlook Express!!!

It's a virus breeder, don't use it.

http://www.mozilla.org/

JAM

I'm willing to change. I've been using FireFox since it was a beta. I love
it. However, what Mozilla product has a newsgroup reader? Thunderbird?
I'll check it out.

But as far as OE being a virus breeder, I don't get it. I've been virus
free for 11 years now and have always use OE as my newsreader. I use
Outlook for e-mail.

I'll check out Thunderbird, I've heard good things about it.

Jonathan_ATC

Scott Stevenson wrote:
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:44:22 GMT, Adolphe Menjou "Adolphe
wrote:


Scott Stevenson wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:40:57 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
wrote:


On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:24:29 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC"
wrote:


Troll?

I don't think so, Jonathan. If you click on "View Profile" while
viewing the message hread in Google group view, the number of posts
don't seem to indicate anything close to what a troll would write.

Also, they're using Outlook Express to read the NG, which I believe
can be set to view things as HTML.

I think you could code a message so that someone who uses a reader
that shows only plain text would see the underlying code, but someone
using a reader that converts to HTML would see what looks like a good
link.

take care,
Scott

Outlook Express!!!

It's a virus breeder, don't use it.

http://www.mozilla.org/


Hence my using Agent. It has nice killfilters, too.

take care,
Scott

Okay, here I am using Mozilla'a newsreader. Looks pretty full-featured.
I know it will take a few days to get used to it. Am I safer now?

LOL

Jonathan_ATC

Scott Stevenson wrote:
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:44:22 GMT, Adolphe Menjou "Adolphe
wrote:


Scott Stevenson wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:40:57 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
wrote:


On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:24:29 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC"
wrote:


Troll?

I don't think so, Jonathan. If you click on "View Profile" while
viewing the message hread in Google group view, the number of posts
don't seem to indicate anything close to what a troll would write.

Also, they're using Outlook Express to read the NG, which I believe
can be set to view things as HTML.

I think you could code a message so that someone who uses a reader
that shows only plain text would see the underlying code, but someone
using a reader that converts to HTML would see what looks like a good
link.

take care,
Scott

Outlook Express!!!

It's a virus breeder, don't use it.

http://www.mozilla.org/


Hence my using Agent. It has nice killfilters, too.

take care,
Scott

Okay, here I am using Mozilla'a newsreader. Looks pretty full-featured.
I know it will take a few days to get used to it. Am I safer now?

LOL

Jonathan_ATC