Is Someone Hijacking My E-mail?
I have written about different types of Scams, Spams and basic Underhanded types of intrusions on Blogs, Websites and E-mail. Most of these things can be overcome with Plug-ins like Akismet or different Filters on your E-mail server (I use SpamAssisin) or even with some ToolBars.
I have come across something that is troubling in my E-mail since I got my own domain with E-mail capabilities.
Return Mail…
That doesn’t sound too ominous does it? The problem is, I NEVER SENT any E-mail to Any of the Addresses I am getting the return mail from. Since I use Outlook Express as my mail client, I don’t seem to be having real problems with normal spam.
What I’m afraid of is Someone else is using my E-mail address from my Host Service (BlueHost) to Send Spam. I am not getting returns on the addresses I use on any of my sites, but the actual Mail Administrator account.
I will be sending an E-mail to BlueHost regarding this apparent misuse of my account. I have no idea even how to start in resolving this problem other than that.
Suggestions??? PLEASE!!!
Before I run into Bigger Problems.
Thanks,
Joe
Update: I did open a ticket with BlueHost, and within minutes I got an answer. It was… “Someone could be using your mail server to send out e-mail.” REALLY? They want me to send a copy of the E-mail, inculding header… If I had that, I would already KNOW who was Hijacking my E-mail, right?
In the middle of writing this I got a confirmation from them that they need a copy of the E-mail!?! I don’t have a copy of the email… Stay Tuned.
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