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Simon Waters wrote: > NW wrote: >> Because she doesn't use TB. She uses XP and outlook express. > > Ah finally a fact we can work with. > > Outlook Express utilised the same HTML rendering component as IE, which > makes it one of if not the most compromised piece of software in history. > > I'd strongly suggest not using Outlook Express. > > Heck even I've discovered gapping security holes in Outlook Express. > > Not more facts please. Is the email address easily guessable? > It is her name at our web site address. So no, not easy to guess. > Were there attempts to send to it before she started using it? > No. And I have the same address with my name before the at sign. I don't get much spam. Of course I use Linux and Thunderbird. > Do you have logs from when the switch was made, as that might point a > compromised PC belonging to a recipient. > I don't know. Where would they be? If on windows I wouldn't know where to look. > Look at the headers on the spam (and or post it here), make sure it came > the way you think it did. She didn't for example set up a forward from > the old address to the new. > I will check the headers. > What MTA, what spam precautions in use? > I run spamassassin on the web site. > My config has moved on a little since I wrote this, but not much. > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/168 > Thanks, I must try to get her to change to TB or better still go to Linux. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html