I have a real address. I don't use it on public lists, that's what the
Yeewho account is for. But I guess you get what you pay for.

--- Steve Callahan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sounds like a good reason to get a real address.
> Buy a permanent "forwarding" account from www.iname.com, and then point
> it
> to any addresses you want.  As you change addresses, you never have to
> change the public forwarding address.
>
> Yahoo, hotmail, and aol are all subject to spamming like this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cornwell and Lim [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 10:23 AM
> To: Ed; Scuba-SE; MarkerBuoys; MossBay
> Subject: [MossBayDivers] Re: Yahoo Problems
>
>
>
>  Ed and everybody,
> We are having similar problems with our yahoo address. I think that some
> nasty person is hijacking Yahoo addresses and using them for their own
> purposes. We have also started to get mailer-bot messages about bounces.
> We
> have a firewall installed and it is stopping somebody from getting into
> our
> computer. The Yahoo virus check on attachments is also not working.
> Beware!
> Nigel
>   Ed <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Sorry for the cross-postings but I need
> help. What else is new?
>
> Apparently an e-mail went out under my yahoo address,
> [log in to unmask],
> that is SPAM, and embarrassing SPAM at that, if you got it, you'll know
> what I mean, unless it's something you need.
> I got an e-mail back from someone, not on any of these lists, flaming me
> about it. Now I'm getting messages from a 'mailer-bot' about bounced
> messages.
> I can't get a response from Yahoo, big surprise.
> To the knowledgeable Cyber-gurus, What can I do? I'd prefer keeping the
> address.
>
> Ed
>
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