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Spam Resource: Ask Al: Help! My email address is being used in spam! What do I do? (Updated for 2022)
- March 31, 2022
- Posted by: Top Deliverability
- Category: Industry News Spam Resource
Al Iverson just published another interesting article on Spam Resource:
Evan writes, “Hi Al, My email address has just been compromised and now I am receiving hundreds of System Administrator and Mail delivery failure notices sent to my inbox from all those poor people who have received unwanted spam from my address. I noticed your name on the web when I went searching to find out how and if I can stop this happening and was hoping that you might have some ideas other than changing my email address?”Hey Evan, I’m sorry to hear you’re going through that. But don’t despair, this soon will pass. In the mean time, here’s what you should do.Change your email password, just to be safe. All throughout history, it’s been pretty unlikely that the bounces coming back from spam have anything to do with sending from your actual email account and email system. Do change that password, though, just in case. If a bad guy had…
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