[ale] OT: getting spam from myself in gmail

[Scott Castaline]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:yahoo at jimpop.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Scott Castaline
>     <hscast at charter.net <mailto: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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Yeh, I'm finding that out the hard way. I've suddenly started getting 
threatening emails to stop spamming or I will be reported. Obviously 
these people aren't aware of this.