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what do i do next? is my email misused?

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/what-do-i-do-next-is-my-email-misused.116034/

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Saharika Original post #1
May 19, 2009 at 6:09 PM
well i have an email addresss xyz@hotmail.com

its password is up to me...and i dont think it has been compromised...
though i have changed the password now...

but from some days i have been receiving lots of mails..
saying remove me from mailing list
the mail has newsletter@cricketmerchant.com in TO field...but it is coming to my hotmail....

so what is this...is it kind of virus...joke..or what...

what do i do next...
i have receieving lots of emails every now and then saying remove me...though none of those mail were sent by me....

our isp uses proxy
i dont use any smtp or any such thing or have not installed any mail server in my computer...
so should i do ...is my computer being misused...(means throught internet)
it is single handle computer and it is not used by any others....
i dont know any newsletter@cricketmerchant.com nor i have even been to that site...
what to do...?
i used latest nod 32(updated) its firewall shows nothing...
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May 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM
It is just spam... Use a spam filter or ignore the junk mail...

Arun
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May 21, 2009 at 9:14 AM
its a spam mails do not worry about it use spam filter.