Re: Compromised email account?

[Jeff MacDonald <jam () zoidtechnologies com>]

Greetings,

On Monday 07 February 2011 22:14:10 Jacob Bednarz wrote:
> Hi,
> After awaking this morning, I found my inbox riddled with failed
> delivery notices from my service provider. Wierd thing is I haven't
> sent emails from the address in weeks.

> Does this mean my inbox has been compromised? If so, is there anything
> I can do to reclaim it and maintain it without this issue occuring
> again?

Your Inbox is probably not compromised, though it cannot hurt to change the 
password regularly to be on the safe side.

What probably happened is that a spammer used your email address as the "from" 
address for their "stuff", which means you get all of the bounce notices to 
your inbox.

> Jacob.

Regards,
J

-- 
Jeff MacDonald
Zoid Technologies: Custom Information Systems
http://zoidtechnologies.com/

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