No matter which way you take to your email, if you access it from a public terminal (in an Internet Café, for example) you should take some measures to protect your privacy. You don't want anybody else to write email on your behalf, do you?
- Always log out of any service you use to access your POP account
when you are about to leave the computer. Additionally, you should delete the browser cache and history.
In Internet Explorer:
- Select Tools | Internet Options from the menu.
- Go to the General tab.
- Click the Delete Files... and Clear History buttons.
In Mozilla Firefox:
- Select Tools | Options... from the menu.
- Go to the Privacy category.
- Click Clear All under Clear all information stored while browsing.
In Safari:
- Select Safari | Empty Cache... from the menu.
- Click Empty.
In Netscape and Mozilla:
- Select Edit | Preferences... from the menu.
- Go to Navigator | History.
- Click Clear History and Clear Location Bar.
- Now go to Advanced | Cache.
- Use the Clear Memory Cache and Clear Disk Cache buttons.
In Opera:
- Select File | Delete private data... from the menu.
- Make sure at least
- Delete all cookies
- Delete entire cache
- Delete history of visited pages
- Delete history of typed-in addresses
- Delete history of visited links
- Clear all e-mail account passwords and
- Clear all Wand passwords
- Click OK.
