Alan
You have just been lucky.
I also read and send email from my Windows Mail program. I never used the
Webmail service. Yet, my address book, and password were hacked/stolen.
There was a big security leak at Yahoo and I think they have it fixed. But
once the spammer has your info, he can continue to use it. Even if you do
not use a yahoo email address, you are still a target. It seems as though
maybe through a yahoo group, the spammer was able to get access to my info.
Best Regards
Dan Schaaf
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alan NV8A
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:10 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Information
I've had a Yahoo! email address (along with others) for years, and, as
far as I know, my account has never been hijacked or spoofed. I *think*
this is because (a) I do not read my messages using the Web interface
but have them sent to the Inbox on my computer; (b) my address book is
on my computer rather than on the Yahoo! site; and (c) I do not use a
Windows machine for email, so I am not susceptible to
address-book-hijacking viruses.
73
Alan NV8A
On 08/15/12 07:57 pm, Mark Robinson wrote:
> 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
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>
> ----- 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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