[nfbcs] Fighting spam and abuse

[Steve Jacobson]

John,

First scan your computer to be sure there isn't any malware on it.  Also, try to determine if the spam is being 
sent when your computer is off.  If you can find an example of one message that came out when your computer is 
off, you can be pretty certain that your computer isn't being used to send the spam.

Look at the message headers of the SPAM and determine if it is coming through your actual account or not.  If it 
is, change your email password.  Unfortunately, sometimes message headers are forged and there isn't a lot you can 
do about that.  In that case, though, spammers tend to use your email address for a limited time and then move on 
to the millions of other addresses they have available, the 56 million from Home Depot for example.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:19:31 -0600, John J. Boyer via nfbcs wrote:

>I'm getting a lot of spam, and someone is faking my email address to 
>send the junk to others. Any suggestions about countermeasures would be 
>appreciated.

>Thanks,
>John

>-- 
>John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>Madison, Wisconsin USA
>Developing software for people with disabilities


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