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Im a bit concerned about this - Feel free to tell me Im being silly

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Yurtgirl · 08/03/2007 21:44

I have just CAT a mn for the first time in ages. Just checked inbox and have received an email asking me to click on reply and send to activate it so MNtowers could read it and send it on to the mn in question. (apparently so MNtowers dont get loads of spam)

What shocked me is that before mn have read and authorized my message I have on my screen that persons email address. ie if I wanted to I could potentially send that person an abusive email etc.

What do you think?

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Tech · 08/03/2007 22:27

That's not supposed to happen. Could you send me a copy of the email (the one asking you to reply).

Thanks,
Tech

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JustineMumsnet · 09/03/2007 12:20

Apologies for this - there was a slight loophole in our system which Tech has plugged very tightly. Many thanks for raising it.
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Tech · 09/03/2007 16:04

Hi there,

Yes, sorry about this. When the CAT got sent, it was cc'd to MNHQ so that they could keep an eye on them / be sure everything was working.

Unfortunately, a couple of them now have a spam filter that bounces mails back to the sender to make sure the sender is a person. On a cat, the reply address is the person sending the cat, so they got the bounce message. We've disabled that now, so it won't happen again.

We are planning to introduce a (basic) private message system in MyMumsnet to replace the current CAT process.

The idea is that when you set the option whether you'll receive CAT messages, you choose one of

  1. No no never
  2. Yes, in my private messages on mumsnet.
  3. In my private messages and also a copy to my email.

When you get a CAT you'll be able to either reply to them by mail or on the site - in short a bit like the way ebay does it.

It'll be a few weeks though until we can get to that.

Regards,
Tech

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