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DeKayA
Hi
Several people on our small network started getting the outlook popup
that you normally get if you try to send an email and your isp has
changed your passwords but didn't tell you.
OK not so strange; just get the password and get on with it right?
Well it turns out, on closer inspection, the popup was asking for a
password for a user not on our net. The user was actually an owner of
the isp. Lets call him (e-mail address removed)
Now this ISP has been our ISP for years, and we trust them. So lets
try to find a reason this could happen honestly.
Here goes the honest attempt=============
We have had email problems, off and on sending emails over the years.
The ISP has said it was strange. We actually connect to the internet
through Bellsouth.net So sometimes the outgoing mailserver is set to
mail.bellsouth.net and sometimes to mail.ourISP.com
It seems to vary when which one will work and it varies between
individual computers. But one way ot the other it works.
So my first assumption was they were trying to solve this question.
They say they have not been working on it.
I thought of three ways.
The ISP user gained access to the individual computers either by
1: they came up them selves and worked on them... They say no.
2: Worked with someone over the phone to help try stuff.
No one claims to have worked with them
3:Remote access (various way) He claims not. Router has no ports
forwarded and is NAT and this happened on five computers.
We called the ISP and they said they had no idea how that could
happen. When I mentioned that the popup said please enter password
for (e-mail address removed) He saild oh, I changed my password...
He didn't explain more. But later I started thinking.
When I look at the Email account settings it shows the user as it
should be and there is only one email account listed.
Not so honest scenario =============================
What if the ISP had been sending himself emails, all along via our
machines. Perhaps collecting data on his usage, or worse.
Then he forgot he was doing that and when he changed his password.
Suddenly it started poping up. Hum!!
Now the facts seem to point to the background emailer.
How can I check for this?
Thanks
Several people on our small network started getting the outlook popup
that you normally get if you try to send an email and your isp has
changed your passwords but didn't tell you.
OK not so strange; just get the password and get on with it right?
Well it turns out, on closer inspection, the popup was asking for a
password for a user not on our net. The user was actually an owner of
the isp. Lets call him (e-mail address removed)
Now this ISP has been our ISP for years, and we trust them. So lets
try to find a reason this could happen honestly.
Here goes the honest attempt=============
We have had email problems, off and on sending emails over the years.
The ISP has said it was strange. We actually connect to the internet
through Bellsouth.net So sometimes the outgoing mailserver is set to
mail.bellsouth.net and sometimes to mail.ourISP.com
It seems to vary when which one will work and it varies between
individual computers. But one way ot the other it works.
So my first assumption was they were trying to solve this question.
They say they have not been working on it.
I thought of three ways.
The ISP user gained access to the individual computers either by
1: they came up them selves and worked on them... They say no.
2: Worked with someone over the phone to help try stuff.
No one claims to have worked with them
3:Remote access (various way) He claims not. Router has no ports
forwarded and is NAT and this happened on five computers.
We called the ISP and they said they had no idea how that could
happen. When I mentioned that the popup said please enter password
for (e-mail address removed) He saild oh, I changed my password...
He didn't explain more. But later I started thinking.
When I look at the Email account settings it shows the user as it
should be and there is only one email account listed.
Not so honest scenario =============================
What if the ISP had been sending himself emails, all along via our
machines. Perhaps collecting data on his usage, or worse.
Then he forgot he was doing that and when he changed his password.
Suddenly it started poping up. Hum!!
Now the facts seem to point to the background emailer.
How can I check for this?
Thanks