Question posted by volottainjersey on October 28th, 2011

Spam

Someone is sending spam mail to everyone in my address book.  What can you do to help me!!!

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on October 28th, 2011 8:15 AM
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The only thing you can do at this point is change your password. This will prevent the hacker from getting back into your account.

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  • What's different about the new version of Yahoo! Mail Classic? | Yahoo! Mail Classic Help
    ... want to send your message to set this up. Mark as Spam Marking a message as before. Instalist We've taken out the option to create a mailing list for ..."Address Book" is gone, but many browsers give you want to group messages by visiting Avatar display You won't see features we added or changed. And... Quickbuilder Was a way to delete your colorful stationery options. Mail...
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