I've had a Yahoo e mail account now for some years, never been hacked, you just need to take a little care, don't open anything you are not sure of..
Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 14 Nov 2012, at 16:07, "Terry Schieler" <[email protected]> wrote: > And, unfortunately, AT&T chooses to use Yahoo to process email for AT&T > customers, so AT&T email domains like mine that end in @swbell.net, > @sbcglobal.net, @bellsouth.net, @att.net, etc are as vulnerable as the > accounts that actually say "Yahoo" in the address. Don't let the fact that > your email domain does not say YAHOO lull you into a false sense of security. > I found that out the hard way. > > Maybe AT&T is listening. > Naw. > > > Terry, W0FM > > > -----Original Message----- > From: KD7YZ Bob [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (OT} Spam influx > > > On Tuesday SR used a Straight-Key to send: > -------------Original Comment------- >> no spam here! > > > I've received dozens of Lam-Radio "List" emails where, in every case, the > respective Ham owns a YAHOO free email account and their account password has > been hacked/compromised. Literally Dozens just today. > > Some people need to take some Internet Security classes comparable to the > studying they did to get licensed. Yahoo, for one, may lead the world, along > with Hotmail, in the frequency of which their "customers" get Hacked on a > per-year basis. > > Many of us have auto-Spam-reject. Those compromised email addresses get put > on a Blacklist. Automatically. We don't see it happen and we don't get email > from our friends anymore either ... until we figure out they were compromised > and "Their" address sent out 100,000 Spam Emails, world-wide, and garnered > them a Blacklist status across the globe. > > > -- > Best regards, > Bob KD7YZ Win7-64bit + K3 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
