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Email From Myself
Name: vidtek Date: August 24, 2005 at 08:04:27 Pacific OS: Win xp Pro CPU/Ram: AMD Athalon 64 2000+
Comment:
Odd email problem, not sure where to post it but it may a security issue.
Here it is, I got an email from myself the other day that was a spam email, in other words from and to the same account. Does this mean my security has been breached and someone is using my system for spam or should I not worry about it.
I use Thunderbird for email and the account was with my ISP.
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: August 24, 2005 at 08:22:53 Pacific
Reply:
View the header information. Your email address was probably spoofed by a virus-infected machine. Nothing you can do about that unfortunately.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bill2 Date: August 24, 2005 at 23:31:57 Pacific
Reply:
Or your machine is infected and sending this out without your knowledge. I would check it for bugs if the header info comes up as your address. Good Luck.
Cheers, Bill2
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Response Number 3
Name: Tammy1949 Date: August 25, 2005 at 00:35:07 Pacific
Reply:
Here is a hands on tutorial on how you can view the header in your email.
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