Recentlly I've been getting messages like this in my inbox:

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Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 20:42:03 +0300
From: Janet Mckinney
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To: mills@kgmn.com
Subject: trainer screen
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Pygmypress.com is MY domain. Is this person using my computer to send messages? How can I stop this?

Thanks for all help.

It is probably "spoofing" the domain name. But it might be a good idea to change your hosting password just in case...
Dwight

Thank you, Dwight.

I don't know what "spoofing" is.

Forgot to say, I thought I had hosted my domain name with godaddy, but they say they've never heard of me. How can I find out who my host is?

Thanks in advance.

"Spoofing" is tricking you into believing on thing, while something else is really the truth. The "from" might read:
john_jacob_astor.com
but the link actually goes to a different address.

They are trying to trick you into thinking the message is from one site, but in reality, it is from another.

One way you can find your Web host:
1. Open Google http://google.com
2. Type in: whois
3. Press Enter
4. In the results page, select one of the "Who Is" sites.
5. Type in your domain name to search for it.
6. Pay attention attention to how the site wants the extension (like .com or .org for instance) to be entered.

When the search is complete, you should see your doman. There should be a net server address. For example, my site is at:

Name Server: NS2.POWWEB.COM (this would be the primary)
Name Server: NS3.POWWEB.COM (this would be the secondary)


So in my case, the server is 'Powweb'. To find it I would then go to http://powweb.com

From there I could seek technical assistance if any is needed about protecting my domain name information (privacy protection, for example).

Thank you, Dwight, that is great info. I will do that. You're a prince.

OK, I have done that, and discovered that my host is yahoo! They have a lock/unlock feature that blocks such activity. I believe this is the end of the problem.

Thank you, Dwight.