Jay Hennigan uttered:
>On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Mia's Virtual Post Office wrote:
>> Although, Number 1 is probably easier and less time consuming. But, if I
>> see people attempting it here, (even though they can't do it), I still
>> kick out the one who's in.
>
>Yes, and then drop them an automatic e-mail with a subject line like
>"INTRUSION ALERT", stating that you detected someone attempting to access
>their account, with instructions on how to change the password.
>
>It lets the user know that you know, explains why they got booted, and
>gives the impressionthat you're looking out for their security instead of
>just keeping them from ripping you off by account sharing.
Couldn't have put it better myself.. Yes we do the email notification to,
just like you said. However, I will some day have to right a book with
some of the interesting responses that I get. Everyone is oblivious to
this, they are like, "duh,,,someone was trying to break into my
account?", ya right... I've been there, done that. Why lie? They still
keep doing it though, as if something is going to magically change. I
can't imagine anyone staying up till 4 am, to try and accomplish this.
With the time wasted, they could afford to buy the $16.95 account. So
instead of using up multiple ports, they just busy more lines, trying to
get in... We even went to so far as to post on our site, that we have
special software that disallows multiple logins. As a matter of fact,
when a new subscriber signs up and asks a question like: "do you know
when I'm on line?" I let them have it... "Not only do I know your on
line, but I know where your children are at night, what time you go to
the bathroom and how many days are left until the end of the world... I
have yet to get a multiple login attempt from any of the newbies I tell
this to. This is an exciting business, and I'm really still new myself..
I got the invoice for our first PM3, no PM3 yet, but its a start...
Regards,
Jeremy
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