And to add to this, a "bad guy" can spoof an email outgoing address with no effort at all.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Jim Popovitch <<a href="mailto:yahoo@jimpop.com">yahoo@jimpop.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Scott Castaline <<a href="mailto:hscast@charter.net">hscast@charter.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've suddenly noticed starting last Sat. that I was starting to receive<br>
> SPAM that was from and to myself. The list just shows me as sender. Can<br>
> anyone tell me what is going on? Is there a way to stop this? And what<br>
> else could be happening that I need to watch out for?<br>
<br>
</div>First, make sure your filters don't specifically allow all email to<br>
your email address (yes, I've seen people do that). Secondly, make<br>
sure you hit "Report Spam" on the real spam emails.... this helps<br>
Google (alternatively, don't hit "Report Spam" on the non-spam emails<br>
;-))<br>
<br>
Finally, make sure you don't have POP3/IMAP turned on if you don't<br>
need them (Never underestimate the capabilities of someone to get your<br>
pop3(s)/imap(s) account credentials) This is just incase someone is<br>
actually using your account to send spam (yes, it has happened in the<br>
past with some folks). . ;-)<br>
<br>
-Jim P.<br>
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