[at-l] here's one for ya...

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 01:45 PM 12/15/2003 -0500, Felix wrote:
>Can someone tell me something about this, please...
>
>I have a hotmail account that I rarely use and only do so to make sure my 
>other accounts are working. During the recent list shutdowns (thereby 
>'on-topic'ing this?) I sent myself one e-mail from the hotmail account. 
>There may have been another to a friend. But, I'm not certain. I was in 
>Worcester, MA when I sent the e-mail(s). A day or two later, I received an 
>e-mail (and, another the next day) to my hotmail account, stating that if 
>I lived in or near Worcester and was interested in... (some business 
>venture, I believe), I could contact such and such. So, my question, 
>obviously...How the hell did someone know I was sending e-mail from 
>Worcester???  Thank you for your thyme
>
>--
>Felix J. McGillicuddy

Hotmail was picking up information from the computer you were using and 
passing it on to commercial spammers?