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Eircom email user? Time to change your password.

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  • #2
    industrialhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭industrialhorse


    AnCatDubh wrote: »
    Anyone affected by the eircom email outage yesterday/today:



    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/eircom-net-users-urged-to-change-passwords-after-intrusion-bid-1.1778819

    Does anyone seriously still use eircom.net email accounts these days? my brother was using this service up until about a month ago when my pleas to get him to switch over to gmail were finally listened to:D


  • #3
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    industrialhorse wrote: »
    Does anyone seriously still use eircom.net email accounts these days? my brother was using this service up until about a month ago when my pleas to get him to switch over to gmail were finally listened to:D

    apparently 350,000 do or at least approx 350,000 email accounts. Still its a lot of users.


  • #4
    industrialhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭industrialhorse


    AnCatDubh wrote: »
    apparently 350,000 do or at least approx 350,000 email accounts. Still its a lot of users.

    I hope its mostly email accounts that have not been accessed in over 3 years


  • #5
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,759 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    industrialhorse wrote: »
    Does anyone seriously still use eircom.net email accounts these days?

    Yes.
    my brother was using this service up until about a month ago when my pleas to get him to switch over to gmail were finally listened to:D

    What do you care what your brother's email address is?
    Did you appraise him of the serious privacy issues with gmail?

    Scrap the cap!



  • #6
    industrialhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭industrialhorse


    ninja900 wrote: »
    Yes.



    What do you care what your brother's email address is?
    Did you appraise him of the serious privacy issues with gmail?

    Because he runs his business through Eircom's sh*tty email service, that's why I care!!
    He wouldn't know much about email and who the best provider is (not that there is a best anyway) so it was either Outlook or Gmail and from a security point of view I recommended Gmail and despite the privacy concerns, I stand by my recommendation:p


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  • #7
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    industrialhorse wrote: »
    Because he runs his business through Eircom's sh*tty email service, that's why I care!!
    He wouldn't know much about email and who the best provider is (not that there is a best anyway) so it was either Outlook or Gmail and from a security point of view I recommended Gmail and despite the privacy concerns, I stand by my recommendation:p

    the irony of it all :D


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