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Email Virus perhaps?

Ok, it's probably been a week since I checked my Roadrunner mail. 

I have 3,000 new messages, that's right, THREE-THOUSAND.  About 2950 of 'em are "Mail Undeliverable" emails where it looks like someone or something has used my email address to send out spam.  I got about 20 over-quota messages from roadrunner.

Any steps I can take to stop whatever this is from using my email address?

They must've locked my email account due to over-usage, too because the newest message I have is from the 26th of  last month.  This rocks.

Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #1 –
That happened to me once - Eastlink (my ISP) told me there was nothing they could do because somebody was spoofing my email address. It went away after a few weeks
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Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #2 –
Try changing your password maybe ??
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Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #3 –
That won't do it - what happened is that somebody else's computer has a virus, it pulled Brian's email out of that person's contacts list, and has sent out a billion viruses with Brian's email as the "return" address. Of those billion emails a few thousand get bounced back, and of course the bounced email address is Brian's, so he gets all the returned email messages. His choices are to either wait it out or to change his email address altogether - changing the password won't do a thing.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #4 –
i have that problem now,, just as i did a few months ago.  What did the two instances have in common,,, i replied to a buddy of mine with a "@army.mil" account.  The army guys are suppose to be on a nipper or sipper net but you couldnt tell it by me.

Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #5 –
Meh, this sucks.  All this on the same day I got my first negative eBay feedback in two years (though I really deserved it.)  This email account is attached to eBay.  Any way I can just start a fresh eBay account and use a new separate email with it?  Hell, I might as well trash both of 'em now.

Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #6 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;116737
it pulled Brian's email out of that person's contacts list, and has sent out a billion viruses with Brian's email as the "return" address.


Ahhh, that makes sense.

Quote from: Ifixyawata;116769
I might as well trash both of 'em now.


Umm your gonna close your ebay account for one negative feedback that you deserved?? WTF?


Scott
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #7 –
I guess that would be a bit rash.  It's two negs, not one, but that still isn't much.  It'll just take me forever to get my percentage back up now.  There are a couple other items that I shipped late, so I might end up getting two more negatives, but we'll see.

Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #8 –
Actually you can change you email address in Ebay, I have done it a couple of times, it is just that you get a little thingy by your username that says you changed it for about 30 days. I think!
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Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #9 –
Quote from: xr7cat;117147
Actually you can change you email address in Ebay, I have done it a couple of times, it is just that you get a little thingy by your username that says you changed it for about 30 days. I think!

That's only if you change your user ID. You can change your email addresses as often as you want with no "icon" - when I travel I change my eBay email to a portable email address that I can access through dialup with the laptop, then when I get back I change it back to my permanent one. I do this regularly...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣
 

Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #10 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;117179
That's only if you change your user ID. You can change your email addresses as often as you want with no "icon" - when I travel I change my eBay email to a portable email address that I can access through dialup with the laptop, then when I get back I change it back to my permanent one. I do this regularly...


Been a little bit since I changed mine, thanks for the correction.
1987 Cougar XR7 5.0 SOLD
1992 Ranger 4.0
2018 Hyundai Elantra
2019 Ram Rebel

Email Virus perhaps?

Reply #11 –
I would think you could change the e-mail address for Ebay.

When you do start over-change it so your e-mails come in plain text format rather than html...doing this will limit the chances of you clicking on a stupid ad in an e-mail that could turn your  pc into a bot or bring enormous amounts of spyware.  I almost never open/reply to chain e-mails of any sort which usually tends to get hijacked!  Best of luck!!!