Re: [vserver] Re: Hello

From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert_at_13thfloor.at>
Date: Mon 04 Feb 2013 - 23:14:38 GMT
Message-ID: <20130204231438.GF17837@MAIL.13thfloor.at>

On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 05:01:34AM -0800, Daniel Lo Nigro wrote:
> I apologise for this spam message that appeared to come from
> me - it appears that someone somehow obtained access to an old
> Yahoo Mail account that I used to use only for mailing lists.
> Not sure how, and their account access logs don't show anything
> (which is very weird). There's nothing in my sent emails or
> trash, and apparently the spam messages were sent via Yahoo's
> mail API (which I've never granted any application permission
> to use).

Yahoo and MSN is known for their high Spam rate and
I'm not convinced that they do not actively sell or
simply hand out e-mail addresses :)

> I've changed my password for that account and have enabled
> two-factor authentication (which I am already using on my main
> email accounts), and I'll delete the account if it happens
> again.

thanks, appreciated!

best,
Herbert

> Thanks,
>  - Daniel
Received on Mon Feb 4 23:14:50 2013

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