Almost same problem here. I have 2 accounts that I rarely used-- and for sure didn't use them for any lists etc.
They both had the SAME spam > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Riddle > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Spam on a GMail account > > I got an email from Google today warning me that my GMail > account had been dormant and was at risk of being closed. I > had never actually used the account which I opened last year > in August. I logged into the account and saw the "Welcome" > message from GMail (still unread) in my In-box. Funny thing. > In the "Spam" box however were 27 emails trying to sell me > "Top Quality Software". > > Now if my user name for this GMail account was an actual name > or even an actual word I could see a spammer trying to get > something through to me with a dictionary attack on GMail, > however the address is a one word combination of a two letter > abbriviation attached to a real word. > > Very odd that "they" found that account. > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
