How did someone from Digg Forums manage to contact me through DP?

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by Spoiltdiva, Mar 7, 2012.

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    I opened up my DP alerts and I received a message from someone on Digg Forums. They had somehow used a thread that I have subscribed to on "General Chat" to contact me at my home address. I opened it up expecting to read a post on the thread.
    Instead the message read "Hi I suppose you are surprised to hear from me. I read your profile,you seem interesting. I think we could be friends. Please contact me at @".(It was a Yahoo address)
    How could someone contact me like this by using a DP alert? I would have assumed that we would be protected from being contacted by people who are not members of DP.
     
    Spoiltdiva, Mar 7, 2012 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Post the email headers and email itself?
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 7, 2012 IP
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    Spoiltdiva Acclaimed Member

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    Sorry but I screwed up,I got ticked off and deleted the thing as soon as I read it....my bad.:) I automatically sweep my deletes.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #4
    Well the only way someone can "send" you a message based on a thread subscription is if you are subscribed to get email notices and they reply to the thread.
     
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    Spoiltdiva Acclaimed Member

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    It was the thread that I subscribed to entitled "I crush on a female colleaque to accompany my nightshift,how to do it".(General Chat) When I got the alert it was marked Digitalpoint Forums-Digg Forums,very odd. What I can remember of the e-mail address is Lillian***@yahoo.com.(the *** is the part I can't remember.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Yeah dunno... impossible to really tell you without seeing the actual email.
     
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    Thank you none the less for responding so quickly,much appreciated. :)
     
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    I believe I've managed to trace it. I'll PM you with his/her member number.
     
    Spoiltdiva, Mar 8, 2012 IP