Someone sending email as me, but that's not me
 

I had to close, cancel, delete all of my old email address: quilt shop
hopper all run together, because I got an email from a spammer, and when I
tried to block sender, my very own email was listed as hers.
So, if you have received any emails from that old email address since 1 Oct,
it wasn't me.

I reported the hijacking to my ISP, but they have not done anything yet to
stop this person. Isn't hijacking someone else's email account illegal,
punishable by some legal means or by just taking away the guilty party's
computer for a year?

Sigh. Gone are the days when we didn't worry about such things.

cyndi

Someone sending email as me, but that's not me
 

If someone is actually getting into your computer and sending email through
your ISP then they would take action. However this sounds more like someone
is just typing your email address in the From area. Your ISP can't do much
to stop that. You'd have to trace down the ISP of the person doing the
stealing and complain to their ISP.

You'll be a lot better off if you don't use your real email address on
Usenet newsgroups. Or use an email address that you won't mind dumping if it
gets to be a problem like hotmail or yahoo.
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."
http://community.webshots.com/user/owlie47

QuiltsWithCatFur wrote:
I had to close, cancel, delete all of my old email address: quilt
shop hopper all run together, because I got an email from a spammer,
and when I tried to block sender, my very own email was listed as
hers.
So, if you have received any emails from that old email address since
1 Oct, it wasn't me.

I reported the hijacking to my ISP, but they have not done anything
yet to stop this person. Isn't hijacking someone else's email
account illegal, punishable by some legal means or by just taking
away the guilty party's computer for a year?

Sigh. Gone are the days when we didn't worry about such things.

cyndi

Someone sending email as me, but that's not me
 

I got one. So - are you still getting the Hug requests? You can update me
here, just leave spaces between things so it can't be harvested. Thanks.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Someone sending email as me, but that's not me
 

Yes, I am getting email just fine to the screen name here, but I wasn't
getting much but tons of spam at the old email.
I am still prepping hug-related stuff.

cyndi


"Queen of Squishies" RisingStars @ KarenTucker.com wrote in message
news:OG37f.510847$xm3.301001@attbi_s21...
I got one. So - are you still getting the Hug requests? You can update
me
here, just leave spaces between things so it can't be harvested. Thanks.

Karen, Queen of Squishies