Using My MSN for home page question

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Bruce

I was reading an interesting news item on my "My MSN" home page and wanted
to share it with about a dozen friends. I clicked on "E-mail This Story"
and sent it to myself with the intention of then forwarding it in a mass
mailing. When I received the e-mail, not only was the story there, but the
whole page just as I had viewed it. I was able to click on "My MSN" an saw
my home page with all my personal items. If I had sent the story directly to
another address, would that person have had to access my home page? If so,
this is a serious flaw that Microsoft should address.
Thanks
 
I just tried this, sending from within MSN-8 browser, an
article/page to a POP 3 account, and when I clicked on the
MyMSN tab, was asked to sign in. I then sent the MyMSN
page itself, and the same thing happend. Sent it to a
hotmail account, viewed E-Mail, clicked on link and asked
to sign in. Sent it to Yahoo, Netscape and AOL and same
thing. (My kids helped out, they have accounts all over
the place). I did this 'cause I could and trust my kids
just in case, because I wanted to know too after reading
your post. Me and the kids think you are viewing your own
MyMSN because you are still logged in to MSN when clicking
on the MyMSN Tab.

If you have MSN set up as your default (or it's your
access provider too and sets itself up that way) maybe
that's why it behaves that way for you. Our MSN is not
setup as default anything so it doesn't get tangled up
with other things. When we sign out, we are signed out and
MSN is not invoked for anything.

If you are still concerned, and if you have a trusted
friend or relative, send the E-mail link to that one
person and ask them to report back to you what happens
when they click on the MyMSN Tab. Most likely they will
get a passport sign-in page, and if they have a passport,
will see their own page and not yours.
 
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