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Email From Myself
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Name: vidtek
Date: August 24, 2005 at 08:04:27 Pacific
Subject: Email From MyselfOS: Win xp ProCPU/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.
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Reply: (edit)View the header information. Your email address was probably spoofed by a virus-infected machine. Nothing you can do about that unfortunately. Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!!
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Response Number 2
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Name: Bill2
Date: August 24, 2005 at 23:31:57 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)
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
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Name: Tammy1949
Date: August 25, 2005 at 00:35:07 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Here is a hands on tutorial on how you can view the header in your email. http://www.thundercloud.net/information-avenue/reading-mail-headers/ I'm not ignorant, I just need more learning!
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