[NBLUG/talk] My gmail account compromised.

[Jack Smith]

On Jan 3, 2008 1:02 AM, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 08:35:26PM -0800, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:
> > Couple of times in the last few days somebody just
> > used my gmail account to send garbage to my gmail
> > acct. address book entries.
> >
> > What can I do about it?
>
> Just to be sure, is it _actually_ coming from your gmail account?
> Or does it simply _purport_ to be coming from your gmail account,
> and happens to be going to people you know?
> (That is, forging the "From" address, which is about as far as most people
> notice when they look at email.)
>

Whether or not it _is_ your account, I assume you changed your password on
gmail?  I doubt they've been hacked into or we'd have heard of it, but it
isn't impossible that someone guessed your password.  Besides, it's easy to
change so what the heck?
-- 
Jack Smith

English doesn't borrow from other languages -- English follows other
languages down dark alleys and takes what it wants.
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