OT Strange Email

boomhower wrote on 11/14/2005, 12:51 PM

OK...here's one for the computer folks around here.

I rcvd an email today from one of my email accounts on my website (one that isn't even up - just have the domain (info@mydomain.com). It came from "me" to my Yahoo! account.

What the....??!

Keith

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Tom Pauncz wrote on 11/14/2005, 1:00 PM

Hi Keith,
Spammers know no bounds. They just match common user names, such as 'info' with domain names they have been able to find or 'ping' in the great ether. Then they just broadcast c**ap everywhere. Not uncommon at all.
HTH
Tom

boomhower wrote on 11/14/2005, 1:40 PM

Thanks Tom,

What's strange is how it came to my Yahoo! address. The only place that address shows up is with the registrar. I have a whois guard on the domain so spammers get a random email etc and it changes every two days. They (the registrar) are only supposed to use the Yahoo! account to forward email to me when needed (hasn't happened yet).