[ale] OT: getting spam from myself in gmail

[Jim Kinney]

And to add to this, a "bad guy" can spoof an email outgoing address with no
effort at all.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net>
> wrote:
> > I've suddenly noticed starting last Sat. that I was starting to receive
> >  SPAM that was from and to myself. The list just shows me as sender. Can
> >  anyone tell me what is going on? Is there a way to stop this? And what
> >  else could be happening that I need to watch out for?
>
> First, make sure your filters don't specifically allow all email to
> your email address (yes, I've seen people do that).    Secondly, make
> sure you hit "Report Spam" on the real spam emails.... this helps
> Google (alternatively, don't hit "Report Spam" on the non-spam emails
> ;-))
>
> Finally, make sure you don't have POP3/IMAP turned on if you don't
> need them (Never underestimate the capabilities of someone to get your
> pop3(s)/imap(s) account credentials)  This is just incase someone is
> actually using your account to send spam (yes, it has happened in the
> past with some folks).  . ;-)
>
> -Jim P.
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