If I knew how they got it, I could report the situation accurately to my ISP
and email server.
I think a temporary malware got into my PC via an attachment or some other
internet mechanism. Something that can read Outlook Express files such as my
password and address book.
I have scanned my PC with Norton, Avast, Malwarebytes and MS Security
Essentials and nothing comes up. That plus changing my email password so far
seems to have eliminated the problem. That tells me that the problem is
being transmitted , not from my PC but from somewhere else. But , you know
how it goes, speak too soon and you look like a fool. I can only say that
until now, the problem has stopped.
What happened to you did not require your password since they were not
sending emails to other people using your email address. Many times, email
addresses are required to open accounts just so that the company can contact
you.
In my case, spam emails were being sent from my email address to everyone in
my address book and that requires my email password.
My customers, my friends, my Yahoo Groups, everyone in my address book. And,
since my own address is in my address book, I would always get a copy of the
spam sent to me also.
Best Regards
Dan Schaaf
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K3ZXL www.k3zxl.com
60 Meters www.60metersonline.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Robinson
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:04 AM
To: Dan Schaaf
Cc: TowerTalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Information
How did they get your password ??
I recently had a credit card number stolen and they used it along with my
e-mail address to open up a USPS account.. They didn't need my e-mail
password to do that.
Mark N1UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>
To: "Mark Robinson" <markrob@mindspring.com>; "Jim"
<dearborn9@sbcglobal.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 15 August, 2012 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Information
>I had the same problem, my address book, email address and password were
>stolen.
> Just recently I changed my password and spam from my address has stopped.
>
> Once you change your password, all of the messages that the spammer tries
> to send just get bounced back to him as undeliverable.
>
> Best Regards
> Dan Schaaf
> =================================
> K3ZXL www.k3zxl.com
> 60 Meters www.60metersonline.net
> =================================
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Robinson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:57 PM
> To: Jim ; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Information
>
> Yes there are gaping holes in the e-mail system which allows anyone to
> just
> send out e-mails using someone else's e-mail address.
>
> Mark N1UK
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim" <dearborn9@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 August, 2012 4:29 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Information
>
>
>> Folks to let you know that my 'spam generation' has been a terrible
>> problem for me also. These are NOT being sent by me but originate in
>> many foreign countries. The last session came from Greece. I could spend
>> hours telling you what I have tried to stop these but to no avail. *
>> Supposedly *Yahoo the ONLY common denominator in all of this span
>> generation is working on the situation. If there is a need to
>> ban/moderate me or whatever, I fully understand but I'm unable to stop
>> something that I'm not sending.
>>
>> This is a legitimate post...it seems just watching and attempting to
>> learn is not sufficent activity. Thanks for any understanding
>>
>> Jim-WA9FPT
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