Jay
I don't believe that MS Windows is the issue. We've been Windows free
for 20+ years. The problem is that you don't have to be directly
hacked. A mailing list or website you are a member of gets hacked (or
has loose scruples). It can even happen if one of your friends gets
their contact list stolen. For awhile I was using temporary email
addresses for everything to track which ones come back to haunt me.
This way I can tell who (or what) originated the leak. My analysis says
that you have to forego having an email address to escape this problem.
I doubt that if everyone was on an illumos distribution that this
situation would disappear.
My server's spam filters catch virtually all incoming junk but that does
nothing for others sending emails spoofed with my address. It hasn't
happened in several years, but I used to see this situation. I saw
bounce messages for mail I never sent.
Gary
On 6/19/2016 10:24 AM, Jay F. Shachter wrote:
Happens to all of us at some point. Even my wife who is paranoid about
signing up for anything. This was too obvious a spam that I just
trashed it as soon as I saw it.
Does it [i.e., junk mail claiming to be from me going to people to
whom I have sent mail in the past] truly happen to all of us at some
point? Or does it only happen to those of us who use Microsoft
Windows at some point? To the best of my knowledge, it has never
happened to me. This is not a rhetorical question, I truly want to
know whether there is anyone who, like myself, does not use Microsoft
Windows, to whom it has nevertheless happened. Perhaps peripheral to
the purpose of this mailing list, perhaps not, if it can demonstrate
that if you use nothing but OpenIndiana your friends are safe from
junk mail. Thank you in advance for any and all replies.
Jay F. Shachter
6424 N Whipple St
Chicago IL 60645-4111
(1-773)7613784 landline
(1-410)9964737 GoogleVoice
j...@m5.chicago.il.us
http://m5.chicago.il.us
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