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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Feb 26, 2013
Thanks for writing it. It's been returned, now.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Aug 15, 2016
Hi Dmitri.
Just going through my junkmail folder, and I found some spam from your address, sent on 13-July. You're probably aware of it.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Aug 15, 2016
And did you mean my address? Not the Post?
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Aug 16, 2016
It was an address with your name and the number 42. It was the usual sort of spam - not using my real name and asking me to click on a link.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Aug 16, 2016
It doesn't necessarily mean your account has been hacked. I often get spam from my own address, and my account has certainly not been hacked.
I believe that the sender can put any sending address they like on a message. Once they know your address, they can put it as their sending address in the hope of making someone think the mail is from a friend.
What I'm wondering is how they knew you were a friend of mine.
Of course all e-mail is basically public, in that it passes through many different devices on its route from me to you, and any one of those can read the text of the e-mail.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Aug 16, 2016
That is certainly mysterious - that is a very old email address that I haven't used for years.
Maybe it's pulled from a list?
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