WOMEN who logged recently to iVillage.com, a Web site network devoted to women, found not only the typical discussions on breast-feeding and children but other people’s private e-mails as well, prompting fears that their own personal messages might be revealed. Each time the site’s users logged on, they saw a different person’s messages. “I tried about seven or eight times and each time got a different user’s inbox, including someone I recognized from another message board at Parents Place,” said Laurie Clark of Fenton, a user in Michigan. Clark said she could access other peoples’ messages, though she was careful only to read junk mail. iVillage spokesman Carl Fischer said the company is aware of the glitch and is trying to fix it. As of Monday, the e-mail system was offline. Some iVillage users said that they feared for their financial well-being as well as their personal privacy. “I have some e-mails in there from my electric and phone company that may contain my account numbers,” Clark said. Several iVillage message boards referred to the glitch and contained messages from irate members. “It has happened now about 10 times! I am going to delete anything personal in there ASAP! I don’t know why I bother using free stuff!!!!” said one, who identified herself only as “Tina.” Several free Web e-mail systems have gone through their share of problems. Microsoft’s Hotmail e-mail service has had several security problems over the last couple of years, allowing anyone to read a Hotmail user’s e-mail address. Each of the holes took up to a day to fix. (SD-Agencies)