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Hi you will probably shake your head in my stupidity lol, but was trying to send a mate a link from my hotmail account the other day, and instead of sending a link to the email that I wanted to send him it sent a link to my email account! So if I am logged into my email so can he! I actually trust this friend but want to know if its possible for me to stop him from viewing my account as it has private stuff in like most peoples does? Any ideas. 😮
Hello Sarah,
I am going to take a stab at helping you solve your problem. It sounds to me like you sent your friend the direct link to your inbox instead of sending them the link for the one e-mail.
I do not know if you can send a link for Just one e-mail but here is my suggestion. Open the email you wish to send to the friend. When it is open go to file at the top of your explorer , click save as. You want to save that email as a text file. Save it to a destination you will remember. You also have the option to name it something different instead of msn email message ( I suggest you do this for location convience) Now you have the choice to e-mail the friend and send it as an attachment in a NEW e-mail or you have the choice to send it as a file through yahoo messenger so on and so forth.
The only problem I see is your privacy has now been breeched and my suggestion to you is make a NEW e-mail address and start over. As long as this ” friend ” has that link he / she will forever be able to get into your inbox.
Hope this helps.
Carrie
Making a new account isn’t so bad sarah, the way the email address books are set up now a days you can always transfer your contact list or save them and import them to a new address. Fairly simple really just takes a little reading. But if you like your privacy its well worth the time.
Carriemeawayplz wrote:Hello Sarah,
IThe only problem I see is your privacy has now been breeched and my suggestion to you is make a NEW e-mail address and start over. As long as this ” friend ” has that link he / she will forever be able to get into your inbox.Incorrect, the URL for your inbox may contain a session ID, but once your email session expires (it already has) the user _will not_ be able to get back into your email inbox.
Not sure about that David because I went back the the link I gave him this morning when I logged into my email and pressed the link it took you to my inbox, If I was not connected to my email and pressed the link it went to where you have to logg on and put in your password. Anyway set up a new account now and transferred all my files.
I tried the same thing you explained sarah and I got exactly the same thing it took me directly to my inbox.
But, supposing David is right( still not sure since I recreated the same senerio) but assuming he is does this mean that whoever she sent the link to can now hack into her hotmail account? Even if/ when the session expires?
But, supposing David is right( still not sure since I recreated the same senerio) but assuming he is does this mean that whoever she sent the link to can now hack into her hotmail account? Even if/ when the session expires?
Sorry for the double post, I didn’t realize it until it was too late, and since there isn’t a delete button I can’t get rid of it . I appologize
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