Important Note to Everyone that has my Email Address.

Here.
We Go.
Again...

...Damned email hackers.

I will be updating my email address soon, and would appreciate if you no longer send email to either email address you may have for me.

I have spent the last hours trying to change everything I have with Yahell, and am tired of their bull~crap.

The last time this happened only made me madder to send the offending emails on to them-  They simply told me it was ME!
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I did decide that I would NOT report this to Yahoo or AT&T ever again!

No problems since - until now that is.
So today, in my spam folder, which I check daily, I came across an email to me, from me.
Subject line was 'the hottest coeds in town'
Ooh Baby, (and "ooh~la~la" too), isn't that just what I want and need?  hehehe

So tonight, I just checked the full headers and forwarded to Mr. Greg.
Here is his reply.

It looks like you were hacked by an IP out of Mumbai. This is probably just a proxy point for some Russian hacker from the look of the domain that they were linking to. The server is no longer active, it is not responding to pings or the port scan that I ran.

It seems as though especially Russian crime syndicate hackers have been running exploits on web based email accounts to send spam. I had the same thing happen to my account, when my password was relatively easy.

Make sure your password is very random so that it's not going to be on a list of top passwords or in a dictionary.

Yes, I have changed everything, twice so far-  And talk about 'random too.
And everything here on Multiply also.
(New *random* passwords are easy if you have a word search puzzle book nearby)! hehehe

Except for my email address, which I am still thinking on.
*Dare I ask if anyone has any ideas?!? hehehe (Casey has already sent me one idea).

At any rate, please do not use those other 2 email addresses.
I will send everyone in my address book my new one when I get it. Which should be soon.


Love to all,

XOXO
Me

new Flintville blog tomorrow-

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Sent my first email to yahoo on June 4th

"People using MY OWN email address?"
Dear Yahoo;
Please check into this and shut these people down for me?
Thank you"

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Their reply:

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Mail.
In this particular case, we have taken appropriate action against the
Yahoo! account in question, as per our Terms of Service (TOS). For
further details about the Yahoo! TOS, you can visit:
   http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/utos-173.html

Please know that Yahoo! is unable to disclose the action taken on
another user's account with a third party. We are not able to make
exceptions to this rule.

In addition, please visit the URL below for useful tools to combat spam:
   http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools

Please let me know if you still need assistance so I may assist you
further.
Your patience during this process is greatly appreciated.
Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Mail.

Regards,
Steve
Yahoo! Customer Care

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, came another email ~TO me...

By creating and using your Yahoo! account, you agree to abide by
Yahoo!'s Terms of Service (TOS).  Pursuant to the TOS, Yahoo! reserves
the right to terminate your account or otherwise prohibit use of your
account in the event that, among other things, Yahoo! believes that you
have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the
TOS.

It has come to our attention that you may have violated the TOS
(http://www.yahoo.com/r/ts) on Yahoo! Mail (http://mail.yahoo.com).
Please reread the TOS and cease any use of your account that may
violate the TOS.

WTF?

My reply? As I realized I had to explain it on an 8 year old level...

The subject line? "MY email address, your job-"

...

" xxxx" is a DISPOSABLE email address of xxxx

You have sent ME the administrative notice!?!?

I did not send the email in question!   Rather, I reported it TO you!
What the hell is going on?
Good grief! I have violated nothing!

Would you please just do your jobs and trace the original offending email instead of hollering at me for it?

Sincerely,
Anne


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I think I hate yahoo.