Poll

Do you ever include personal contact info in your PMs?

Only registered users are allowed to vote for this poll.
17 votes were received.

All the time	9		53%
Never!	7		41%
Too risky!	1		6%

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Is it safe (not available to anyone but the member it's sent to) to include my email address and phone number in a PM?


I never thought much about doing this before, so thanks for the answer!

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gl @ Dana Point, CA

What about "once in a blue moon" for an option?

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What 's the worst that could happen if Attila the Hun has your email and phone info?

This isn't a secure database as far as I know, but I would still consider it safe...

well, how else could we swap stuff back and forth, like in Free Mondays, or Wife Swap Wednesdays?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/17/2012 05:13PM by Racer X.

I wouldn't put a credit card or social security number in, but a name and phone? Probably. People can get that from the phonebook anyway.

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C(-)ris

Seriously, like RacerX says, if WSW gets impeded there could be a problem.

Sometimes.

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Racer X
well, how else could we swap stuff back and forth, like in Free Mondays, or Wife Swap Wednesdays?

That's true, I know, but I've noticed that forum posts come up on google searches, so I wondered if PMs were available in the same way as topics. It didn't seem that they would be, but…

Thanks for your thoughts, everyone.

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gl @ Dana Point, CA

internet people ARE NOT trustworthy!

(unless they're giving technical advice. then they're spot on)

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mattkime
internet people ARE NOT trustworthy!

(unless they're giving technical advice. then they're spot on)

Or medical advice.

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yes, it looks infected. If you will PM me your address, I can send you some recently expired antibiotics that have been stored in my car's glove box in a hot garage. They should take care of it for you.

owc already haz my name, address, phone, email, credit cards... And a lot of my money in exchange for cool Mac stuff.

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Racer X
well, how else could we swap stuff back and forth, like in Free Mondays, or Wife Swap Wednesdays?

Wife Swap Wednesdays?

Oh, cr@p!

I had that backwards.

No wonder I paid so much for postage!

Heee heeee!

OMG!

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gl @ Dana Point, CA

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mattkime
internet people ARE NOT trustworthy!

(unless they're giving technical advice. then they're spot on)

Or medical advice.

You're both wrong.
Only take financial advice from the forum.

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Sometimes.

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best to send only a email address for further contact

never know when brian moon or one of those sneaky mods is peeking into your privates tuff

Brian Moon is not a moderator here *(:>* But guys that have access to your info are all around you *(:>*
Think about it *(:>*

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“Stay Hungry Stay Foolish"
"There are only two mantras yummm and yuk "
"There is a fine line between a rut and a groove"
"The quality of Congress is not strained. It droppeth like a fetid cow patty from a bovine cloaca." cbelt
"I got to that part and I knew there was going to be some weapons grade stupid to follow"Lux Interior
"When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then
will you discover you cannot eat money."
~ Cree Prophecy

The mods have no access to private messages.

The admins (OWC IT guys) may have access if needed, but I do not know that for a fact.
There has never been a need to as far as I know.

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I doubt Phorum gives access to admins for PMs. Most other forums don't. What an admin could do is reset your password to something they know, then login with your account.

And as far as personal info goes, that seems pointless. The admins (OWC) already have practically all of us in their customer database as is.

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M A V I C
I doubt Phorum gives access to admins for PMs. Most other forums don't. What an admin could do is reset your password to something they know, then login with your account.

And as far as personal info goes, that seems pointless. The admins (OWC) already have practically all of us in their customer database as is.

YOU DOUBT WRONG. Sorry, but you should be used it it by now, since you always answer, even in doubt, with such sure clarity.

Your PMs can be read by ANY admin with PHORUM and even deleted before YOU read them so you’d never even know one was sent to you.

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Jimmypoo
Your PMs can be read by ANY admin with PHORUM and even deleted before YOU read them so you’d never even know one was sent to you.

What about the notification email that goes out automatically?