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Re:HushMail
CiaraHasFun See my TER Reviews 4643 reads
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1 / 22

Anyone else having the problem? site go bye bye?

stpenn 3093 reads
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2 / 22
Malcolm SEX 3564 reads
posted
3 / 22

It's a online email service similar to hotmail but more private.

CiaraHasFun See my TER Reviews 2686 reads
posted
4 / 22

Ok.. well now that we have the definition.. does anyone know where in the hell that it went ?

little phil 37 Reviews 3163 reads
posted
5 / 22

It seems it's too hush even for it's users

sfloridian 14 Reviews 3290 reads
posted
6 / 22

Apparently someone hijacked the domain Hushmail.

-SF-

stpenn 4123 reads
posted
8 / 22

POP3 email like Yahoo is more secure as your email is not stored on a central server, but sent directly to your computer.

-- Modified on 4/24/2005 10:44:57 AM

Malcolm SEX 2906 reads
posted
9 / 22

this posted on thier site.

zinaval 7 Reviews 2050 reads
posted
11 / 22


I hope your IE is updated (If you use that crap).  Check your machine for viruses and spyware if browsed to rather than used a mail handler besides Bleaklook or Bleaklook Express.  (My names for Microsoft's Outlook, BTW.

bikebryan 18 Reviews 3454 reads
posted
12 / 22

Where exactly do you think your yahoo mail sits until you download it?  On one of Yahoo's "central" servers.

So your theory just got blown out of the water.

linkmeister 5 Reviews 3821 reads
posted
13 / 22

There was no unauthorized access to any of the Hushmail servers.
Data managed by Hushmail was not compromised.

linkmeister 5 Reviews 2680 reads
posted
14 / 22

Lookout and Lookout Express.

MooseLover 1805 reads
posted
15 / 22

Well, data stored on Hushmail's servers might not have been compromised, but what about email messages that were enroute to Hushmail users during the domain hijack?  I didn't notice if there was any mention of Hushmail's MX records being hijacked, but they did say that mail sent during that time "might not have been delivered".  I'm not completely conviced that it's 100% "no big deal".

CiaraHasFun See my TER Reviews 1595 reads
posted
16 / 22

I posted that at some peculiar hour of the morn.. Never went back today to look .Thanks sfloridian for clearing it up for me !

As for safety.. .. United states cannot get warrants from the netherlands.. Where hushmails server is based...

Thanks again !

sfloridian 14 Reviews 1989 reads
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17 / 22
stpenn 3177 reads
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18 / 22
SixtyMinuteMan 2457 reads
posted
19 / 22

Send email to yourself from your yahoo account. Then examine the headers in the message for a line like:

Received: from [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] by web13503.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP

Guess whose IP address is in the brackets. Hushmail does not include your IP address in their headers.

Still feel more secure?

BOONECAUDILL 9 Reviews 3106 reads
posted
20 / 22

just checked mine--all ok

Ayanna See my TER Reviews 3490 reads
posted
21 / 22

Has anyone ever tried safe-mail.net?  

I was thinking of switching because I'm receiving too much spam email!!

Suzanne in San Diego 6837 reads
posted
22 / 22

I just returned from vacation and couldn't get into my hushmail email through the bookmark I normally use.  Nothing worked so I called Support... tried to be helpful but still couldn't get me into email after 45 minutes.  Muttering about my cable company not updating browsers or something like that and ended saying they expected everything to be back to normal this morning.  Received an email from Hushmail Support shortly after that with a custom link to use to get into my account, which does actually work.  Definitely they are having problems... at this point they seem to be putting out fires one at a time, but don't seem to have a handle on the bigger issues.    Maybe it's a good time to post an alternate email address on my website?

Suzanne in San Diego

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