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I think I was sniffed?

Subject: I think I was sniffed?
From: rpeterson at wallacefloyd.com (Ron Peterson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:15:34 -0400
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000710132156.20641A-100000@kancer.978.org>

Kris wrote:
> 
> How is your network set up at work? Is it switched ethernet? Anyone at
> your work could have sniffed your pop password and sold it to spammers,

Yeah, switched ethernet.  I'm my own collision domain...  

Plus I'd be very surprised if anyone in my office even had any idea what
'packet sniffing' meant.

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off-hours.

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