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Why...are you using a YAHOO email account for any IT work?
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Who said I was using a Yahoo account for business purposes ???
I said my yahoo account got hacked and it sucks as I am an IT guy...
Did my domain email account get hacked ? :nono2:
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#B Best practice security means each site uses a UNIQUE password. :) Lastpass is great for managing all of those random, long passwords.
I would also add that it is a good idea to remember to...
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Maybe it's just us Northern California Techies...:scratch:
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Sounds like you 'might' be infected with some malware or such that attempting to spam others in your address book...especially if you've clicked on links on Fakebook
If you haven't already,...
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Just because something says that you sent it did not mean that you did. Someone sent it using your email address as the "from" so you get the bouncebacks. Happens all the time.
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Just like regular postal mail. Where you put the From address, or the return too address. Someone can put whatever they want there. Their address, your address, a totally made up address. Just...
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I think it's OK for small business to use gmail though. I would run if I saw an AOL.com address on any business mail. :eek:
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post the mail header to make sure your email address was really the source of sending those emails (not just reply-to address). Get the original IP address and email the administrator of the MTA...
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I've had to do it twice now. And yes, I'm a techy, with AVG, firewalls, and use Firefox with all the goody plugins.
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As an IT person as well, I second the suggestions of
A) thoroughly checking computer for infection (use AntiVirus prog, Malwarebytes, Spybot, and combofix)..a single program may not find all the...
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I had the same kind of issue with my yahoo email account...and lo and behold I looked at my actual sent items box and yes...they did come from my email account, but I did not personally send them.
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This morning I got about 30 returned emails and then again this evening.Returned, but I did not send them.It looks like they are all from places I have emailed at some time in the past.How did this...
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That may be true. I think the biggest failure on my fault is not using different passwords on ALL the different forums I belong to. I can't even remember my login names, let alone my passwords. ...
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Thank you all for the info.
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Also worth mentioning you should probably change your email password too just in case.
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One possibility that I haven't seen mentioned but is related TheSwag's post is that someone with you in their address book is infected. They could unknowingly be sending out spam from random...