On Friday 08 February 2019 15:17:55 Felix Miata wrote:
> deloptes composed on 2019-02-08 20:02 (UTC+0100):
> > Dan Youngquist wrote:
> >> Felix, have you changed your email password since these spams have been
> >> showing up on the list showing you as the sender (last 6-8 months or
> >> so)? They originate from an Earthlink IP, but a different one than your
> >> real emails. �So, I could be wrong, but my guess is your password was
> >> compromised and your account is being used to send spams from an
> >> Earthlink server, but not from your system. �That theory would be
> >> falsified if (a) you have changed your password in that timeframe, or
> >> (b) you change it now, and they continue.
> >>
> >> All that to say, would you mind changing the password on your email
> >> account, to see if it stops the spams?
> >
> > You know in the Matrix, when agent Smith took off his ear plug :) I bet
> > Felix has no idea :)
> > It could be he is running SMTP on public IP as well and SMTP is not
> > configured properly
>
> I don't know what triggered whatever this is about. The deloptes post I'm
> replying to doesn't link to any email I received since yesterday. Trash got
> compacted and out last night. The only place I use SMTP is in SeaMonkey. I
> have no idea anything to do with the movie Matrix or any of its sequels,
> since I've never watched any of them, besides having avoided all of Keanu
> Reeves' movies since seeing the original Bill & Ted.
>
> I did have trouble with this mailing list a long time ago that I was not
> able to resolve with Tim until I borrowed someone's gmail account to use to
> communicate with Tim.
>
> I'm often thinking there is a feud going on between Earthlink and Yahoo
> that makes each other's email black hole. Currently my trash has 124 items
> in it, of which none include yahoo.com in visible headers.
>
> I'm subscriber to too many email lists to keep track of. Days I get less
> than 100 emails are uncommon. 300 isn't unusual. Thus NAICT, Earthlink
> email does what I need done.

For what it's worth, I used to use Earthlink email myself, and was loath to 
get rid of it because I had used the same email for ten years, creature of 
habit that I am. However, I also got hit with terrible spam, although I don't 
think (or at least I hope) that my address wasn't hijacked for somebody 
else's spam. 

I don't know what's going on with your email, and I am not telling you what to 
do; but when I changed my email address to Gmail, I got ads and sometimes a 
hassle about logging in from different locations. Then I changed to Zoho, and 
so far only a few glitches, which their support has helped me to resolve. 
*fingers crossed* 

Anyway, there must be some better email service out there. 

If this is any help ... 

Bill