email privacy
I sent a private email to one person, when I checked my email later on, "friend" asked a question about the previous person's sent (from me) email and its content! I checked my sent folder, and tried to figure what happened. I did not find her in my sent folder! How could this happen? I felt my privacy was compromised which it was! Please tell me what to do to protect myself from this "friend" with things that are none of her business, Sincerely, Chris Williams
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Have you asked the person to which you sent the message whether he/she told the other person? Sounds more plausible than Thunderbird having anything to do with this…
Modified by DavidGG
Hi, The answer to your question is no. You see the person I sent to is a priest, and has never told anyone else of our corespondance. Chrisitne Williams
Well, there is always the possibility that this "friend" has access to the mail of either of you (e.g. because she somehow knows the account username and password needed to access it), but again that would be outside the scope of Thunderbird.
At any rate, if Thunderbird sent the message to the "friend" it can only have been because you put her address in the "To:", "Cc:" or "Bcc:" when sending the message, and you would be able to check that by looking at the copy of the sent message saved in your Sent folder.
Modified by DavidGG
I know that sounds plausible, BUT, I checked that folder more than once. The only thing that I can do, is Block my "friend's" email altogether, correct? BTW: I've heard of this happening with Google, by referencing other "friends." Christine
No, you cannot solve this problem by blocking anyone. All you can accomplish through blocking is not being able to receive messages coming from someone. And Thunderbird has nothing to do with whatever it is that happened if you didn't put her address in the sent message yourself…
Sometimes, this problem has occured with this "firend", when I've sent myself a video that I had no time to see. The reason is a slip of my hand, as when I click in "c" with the first letter of my email address, her name is under mine! I have checked twice now before sending. Maybe the system thinks I want her to always have it. Who knows?
Doesn't matter. Even if that was the case, you would be able to verify it by just checking the copy of the sent mail that was placed in your Sent folder. If her address doesn't appear there, Thunderbird didn't send the message to her, not by accident, not because of some wild guess that Thunderbird could have done…
If you haven't already, consider changing your password for your mail account.
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