In message , Dave-UK
writes:
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Some time ago I noticed that every time I ran Windows Live Mail it
phoned home to he
config.messenger.msn.com Since I don't use any of the 'Live sign-in'
crap or Messenger and I don't want it to phone anywhere behind my back
I edited msmail.dll with a hex editor to mangle the address to
something like this: confug.messenger.mzn.com That seems to stop it.




As well as the hosts file solution someone mentioned, wouldn't a
firewall also have caught it? With my (very ancient) firewall, whenever
something tries to call out, I get a popup, which has permit and deny
buttons, as well as the option to select always permit or deny for that
particular application/site combination.
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