[NTLK] Spammer says what? - was: yahoo! really nice stuff

[Dennis Swaney]

Dang, how could they still send mail from that account if you changed
passwords? Sounds like it was either an inside job or some how they had
gained admin privileges at that ISP.

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"I think, therefore I Mac"

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> Well explained, Dennis!
>
> IIRC, the issue with my email address was a bit more of a mystery. I
> changed passwords several times, but still spam was being sent from the
> actual account. (Grant could see it was from me, not a spoof account). I
> wasn’t opening attachments or clicking on links...I have a fairly secure
> WiFi server (well, the Newton and WEP). The only solution was to discard
> that email account and create another...which I did. And, so far so good.
>
> Mahalo,
> Forrest
>
> Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 6S Plus
>
> > On Oct 3, 2017, at 8:01 AM, Dennis Swaney <romad at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, Forrest
> >
> > The usual way is your email address is stored on someone's Windows
> computer
> > in their Contacts application. A hacker uses malware to enter said
> computer
> > and harvests ALL contact info which is then sold to spammers. A spammer
> > then replaces their email address with yours so it LOOKS like it is
> coming
> > from you. When I receive SPAM from a legitimate address, I look at the
> the
> > details of the headers and sure enough there will be a weird email
> address
> > attached to the "legitimate" one.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Dennis B. Swaney
> >
> > "I think, therefore I Mac"
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 3:43 AM, Forrest Buffenmyer <
> > newton_phoenix at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> >> How well we know this, eh Grant?
> >>
> >> I'm still baffled as to exactly how my account got compromised as it
> did,
> >> but no matter. All is well now. Let's hope it stays that way.
> >>
> >> Word to the wise--it CAN happen to you.
> >>
> >> Mahalo,
> >> Forrest
> >>
> >>>> On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 11:59 am Grant Hutchinson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> As mentioned in my previous post, I have placed Igor's address in
> >> moderation mode for now. This will prevent additional messages from
> getting
> >> posted the list. I have also contacted him directly regarding this
> issue.
> >> If I keep seeing spam coming from his address, I will block it
> permanently.
> >> --
> >> Thanks,
> >> --Forrest
> >> Sent from my Newton Technology MessagePad 2100
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