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Hi Kevan, <br><br>Nope - my account was compromised - I can see copies of the messages sent in my sent folder.... If it was spoofed, I would just see bounce back emails.<br><br>> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:16:32 +0100<br>> From: kevanf1@gmail.com<br>> To: wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Wolves] Spam ... my fail<br>> <br>> On 7 July 2010 00:23, Mike Hingley <computa_mike@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > Hi -<br>> ><br>> > i just got a phone call from my brother telling me that my account has been<br>> > hacked, and I've been sending out Spam.. It is possible (although I haven't<br>> > found any evidence to support that) that emails may have originated from my<br>> > account to the mailing lists - or even to individuals on the lists. The<br>> > hack seems to have sent emails to everyone on my address list. I can't<br>> > remember if the Mailing list is in there...<br>> ><br>> > I really can't appologise enough - I think I have narrowed the timeframe to<br>> > this afternoon - when I used what I assumed to be safe Kiosk windows PC at<br>> > work to check my email. Naturally I'll get onto the IT support team<br>> > tomorrow to check the PC for worms and such like.<br>> ><br>> > Kind of scary how easy it is to get hacked. I've got control of the<br>> > account now, and have changed my password to something else - so hopefully<br>> > that should be it. I'll keep a really close eye on it over the next few<br>> > days to ensure that nothing is leaving my account that I did not send.<br>> ><br>> > Sorry guys.<br>> ><br>> > Mike.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> Could they just be spoofing your e-mail address rather than actually<br>> having hacked into it? I've seen that happening more and more lately<br>> :-(<br>> -- <br>> ==============================================<br>> <br>> Kevan<br>> Linux user #373362<br>> Staffordshire<br>> **********************************************<br>> www.freeworld-recycling.org<br>> <br>> '