[Hidden-tech] Email stalking...

[Edbride-PR]

There are two additional steps to consider.

First, get the email header information and forward the offending email to 
the abuse desk at Microsoft. Yes, they will look into it.
Second, expanding on Tish's third point below, can't you setup an auto-reply 
message to that email address, to the extent that "This address is no longer 
valid." It's sort-of true, in that it's no longer valid as an address for 
the offending sender.

Ed


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tish Grier" <tishgrier at yahoo.com>
To: <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
Cc: "David F.Farkas" <david at farkas.com>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Email stalking...



Hi David,

there's really no need to panic here.  This is something that happens often 
with any kind of online discussion group. It's hardly "stalking" and doesn't 
sound like a huge threat--only something that's disturbing to your mental 
state.  This is what you can do to protect yourself:

1. keep in mind this person is in Europe.  More than likely he/she will not 
be tracking you down or seeking to harm you physically.  So don't worry 
about that.

2.  Save all the email that has come in so far in a separate folder.  You 
may, at some point, want to look back at them for a laugh.

3.  Block the person from emailing you.  This is far easier than tracking 
him/her down and reporting them to their email provider.

4.  Block any other abusive email that comes to your account.

5.  There probably aren't a cadre of people looking up things--just the one 
person.  Once you block that person, then you're fine.

Unless your site gets hacked (this happened to a friend over 10 years ago, 
when it was easier to do so) or you hear something from someone who knows 
you well, consider it just a big nasty batch of negative energy and get rid 
of it in the best way possible.  It's about protecting yourself, not about 
creating more bad energy.

Best,
Tish Grier
Chief Community Officer
Placeblogger.com
and Soc. Media Consultant.