"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in
news:jcm27i$l5f$1@dont-email.me:

> Dustin wrote:
>
>> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>> Dustin wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> Unfortunately, Google has been building a contact list for the webmail
>>>> by harvesting email address(s) being passed in transit from the
>>>> smtp/pop3 transactions. In other words, they're harvesting and storing
>>>> it in your webmail account for your convenience.
>>>
>>> That must only be happening to you. :-/ I just checked my two POP3
>>> gmail accounts, and there are no harvested/stored email addresses at
>>> the webmail interface.
>>
>> Hi BTS.
>>
>> I knew I wasn't imagining things, so I googled.
>>
>> http://support.google.com/mail/bin/a...en&answer=8933
>> <snip>
>
> What you describe appears to be something that may happen if you are
> using the gmail webmail interface. In your post, you stated they were
> harvesting emails "in transit from smtp/pop3 transactions." There's a big
> difference.

Well, it's the only way I could think of where they had acquired the
specific list of email addresses. I cross referenced them with my email
client. Google has kept a very nice record of my account for me to peruse.
I didn't place these addresses in google intentionally, BTS. They did it
for me.

It's even contacted people I don't converse with.

> I read my gmail in Thunderbird, POPping and SMTPing through gmail as you
> alluded, and there is no harvesting.

I can provide no other explanation.




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