Re: Outlook Express accessed WITHOUT using my password!!!

From: Steven L Umbach (sumbach_at_nospam-ameritech.net)
Date: 01/30/04


Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:30:58 GMT

I suggest posting in an Outlook Express newsgroup or checking out the site
in the link below. --- Steve
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/

"Completely Stumped" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:462FFE91-EF7B-4BE2-B43C-3DF6C34E5B08@microsoft.com...
> I'm at a computer that is used by several people and I do not want anyone
to have access to my email accounts (Outlook Express and Hotmail). I have
NOT enabled any of my accounts to "automatically logon" or "remember my
password". I did create my own "Identity" in Outlook Exp, along with a
password unique to this identity. So when I open Outlook Exp, the
"Identity Login" box appears prompting me to select my identity and then
enter my password, as it should. I can then access my identity's Outlook
Exp account.
>
> HERE'S WHERE I'M STUCK........
> I unintentionally clicked on the Outlook Exp shortcut when I didn't plan
to check my account. I received the "Identity Login" box as usual, HOWEVER,
this time I did something different....I clicked the "x" in the top right
corner to close the "Identity Login" window and exit Outlook completely.
BUT, when the Identity Login window closed, my Outlook Express account
opened!!! I NEVER ENTERED MY PASSWORD!!! I have attempted this procedure
over and over again thinking it was a fluke, but it happens every time! It
even happens when I select "Cancel" instead of closing the window. There
have been no open programs or windows when this happens, nor have I been
signed into any email/messenger accounts. I cannot figure out what is going
on here. I mean, what's the point of allowing multiple identities and
passwords if OE automatically opens itself???
>
> PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN! I'm ready to completely remove
Outlook Express from my computer to keep my account/identity private.
>
> ***By the way, I have a Net.Passport through MSN. I'm beginning to wonder
if Net.Passport could be involved. All of my messages in my OE inbox are
the messages I receive at my Hotmail account. I am also the only Outlook
Express user on this computer (I have the only Identity). Still, I enabled
the password protection! Ugh.
>
> THANK YOU!!!
>
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