# Pornography and E-mail - Tech question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 30, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pornography-and-e-mail-tech-question/145607 "2002-12-30T04:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jack\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jack\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_D)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pornography-and-e-mail-tech-question/145607/1 "2002-12-30T04:15:55Z")
Scenario : 1.I have sometimes accessed my hotmail account using a neighbour’s PC. I NEVER use his PC for salacious reasons , only for mailing a certain file type. 2.My neighbour NEVER uses hotmail , but has a separate e-mail service provider. 3.I have NEVER given out my neighbour’s e-mail address. 4.Despite this , he theorises that my use of hotmail on his PC , is the reason he gets pornographic spam in HIS e-mail. Most of this spam is sent by people using hotmail. I like the guy , but I am convinced there is no correlation between my use of his PC and his getting porno spam in his e-mail. Anyone disagree / agree ?? Thanks for your help , esp.to any tech-heads who can settle this one. Jack D ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pornography-and-e-mail-tech-question/145607/2 "2002-12-30T04:24:47Z")
Probably not related. People use Hotmail because it’s easy to get accounts. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pornography-and-e-mail-tech-question/145607/3 "2002-12-30T05:06:26Z")
Eventhough using web-based e-mail like Hotmail does record your actual IP address into the message header, it is extremely unlikely that using said web-based e-mail account would cause a different e-mail account to get spam.