[DM-MUG] Spam on .Mac

[Matthew W.]

It's possible that your address was harvested from an insecure  
Windows user who didn't keep up on the their virus/spyware scanning  
software. Know any friends who're cursing their PC?

Mw

On Feb 6, 2008, at 7:36 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> You might report it to .Mac via Apple [support to .Mac includes  
> email communication to staff so do that] - maybe get staff to  
> change your email address - but someone just hijacked you and you  
> can't do too much about it = if someone wants to pretend to be you  
> and then spam people my understanding is that they can do so =  
> which is why I seem to get emails for fancy watches and shoes sent  
> from myself [(:]
>
> good luck = I ended up dropping an email address and changing mine  
> [ISP had something like 20 per account so there were plenty to go  
> around] and I just told people as need be...and monitored my spam  
> and email account of the old name for awhile...by now I figure if  
> people send to the old name, they'll just have to never reach me...]
> -- 
> Victoria L. Herring, Attorney in Des Moines, Iowa -  Civil rights,  
> Discrimination & Employment Law, http://www.herringlaw.com.  Ph.  
> 515/255-4475;  iChat AV:  victoriaherring at mac.com;  Skype:  vlherring.
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