How to deal with a hijacking

Silander · 08-21-2005, 07:08 PM

Hi,
my gf's gmail account gets 10 returned e-mails a day (that she didn't send). Most are Greek or Cyrrilic ads. We've tried changing the password but it is still happening.
Any ideas on what we should do?
Thanks in advance.

Lupine1647 · 08-22-2005, 11:54 AM

You can't do anything, Spammers forge the headers in e-mails and in your case they're using your gf's e-mail address as the From line. There is no way to prevent it.

markkk · 08-23-2005, 12:36 AM

thats the my same problem from YAHOO. whats the best solution?

neno.tu · 08-23-2005, 06:12 PM

To create another account hehehe...

I have an email from my domain, and I've never sent an email from there but yesterday I config the POP3 for my domain in some POPClient, and I got 63 spam mails...

So spam WILL get you, you just need to get a good Filter to get them all where they belong, THE SPAN FOLDER :P

sirlaguna · 08-24-2005, 12:39 AM

Yeah Gmail has a good spam filter anyone no a better spam filter????

08-21-2005, 07:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Silander Noogle Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How to deal with a hijacking Hi, my gf's gmail account gets 10 returned e-mails a day (that she didn't send). Most are Greek or Cyrrilic ads. We've tried changing the password but it is still happening. Any ideas on what we should do? Thanks in advance.

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Lupine1647 Elite Googler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 1,065 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	You can't do anything, Spammers forge the headers in e-mails and in your case they're using your gf's e-mail address as the From line. There is no way to prevent it.

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markkk Googler Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 99 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	thats the my same problem from YAHOO. whats the best solution?

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neno.tu Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Caracas - Venezuela Posts: 365 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	To create another account hehehe... I have an email from my domain, and I've never sent an email from there but yesterday I config the POP3 for my domain in some POPClient, and I got 63 spam mails... So spam WILL get you, you just need to get a good Filter to get them all where they belong, THE SPAN FOLDER :P

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