Hi All:

This morning I booted up to find 65 messages in my junk mail, all from my domain. They talked about my password being updated and if I didn't respond they would cancel my account, etc.

What's happening here, and how can I stop it?

I can't block this stuff because my block sender list is full and I'll have to go through every address and select them one by one to delete them. I don't have time to do that - is there a quicker way? XP and the butterfly.

Thanks for any help.

Catty

You should send an email and/or telephone your domain or just forward the email to them. They usually have a separate address to forward any spoof emails. Be very wary of companies asking for your password to update. Catty, NEVER EVER EVER give your password information- trust me on this. Your domain would not send you 65 emails. Shady companies "mirror" email addresses so it looks like they are real. If you remember a while back I got burned by a fake ebay email asking me to update my information. Most of the blocked sender list addresses in your file probably aren't good anyway. You should delete most of the blocked addresses and just add them later if needed. I went through this myself not too long ago. I think the emails from your domain are coming from a scam company trying to get your information. Think about it... if your domain is paid through your credit card they aren't going to cancel you. That wouldn't make sense. You can just as easily go to the website of your domain and check your personal profile to make sure the information is updated. You should do that periodically anyway.

Hi Clare:

Well, I didn't give anyone my password, and the domain is me. It's lodged with yahoo, but I don't know if they can do anything with this. I'll email them anyway.

My question about the blocked sender's list was: is there any way to delete them all at once?

Catty

For Yahoo:

Click on mail options and scroll down to blocked addresses.

For Hotmail:

Click on mail options and scroll to Junk email protection.

You will see the Remove Block Window with all the addresses you have blocked inside of it.

Just highlight (left click) all the addresses then click Remove Block. You can highlight the entire box and remove them all. You can also hold down the control key and highlight them one by one if there are some you are certain you want to stay blocked.

Did you double check to make sure it really was your domain the email came from? If you would like, you can forward the email to me and I will check it out and see what I can do. It probably is just slightly different than your own and just looks similar. You can check the full headers to be see where the mail came from and if it was sent out to multiple people.

I'm sorry, clare, but my blocked sender's list is not associated with yahoo. It's associated with my web mail, (*edited out).


Thank you.

Catty

*For your protection, please do not post your email address. Registered members can access your Public Profile for your address, should you care to post it there.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dwight,

Let me get this in before your post gets edited for you posting your email address. LOL

MSN email should have the same blocked sender list. I always thought MSN is hotmail. .

For MSN Hotmail:

Click on mail options and scroll to Junk email protection.

You will see the Remove Block Window with all the addresses you have blocked inside of it.

Just highlight (left click) all the addresses then click Remove Block. You can highlight the entire box and remove them all. You can also hold down the control key and highlight them one by one if there are some you are certain you want to stay blocked.

Thank you, clarebear! It never occurred to me to do it through hotmail. You're a doll!

Catty