Re: [fw-wiz] appropriate response for mail break-in

From: Paul D. Robertson (proberts@patriot.net)
Date: 10/27/02 

From: "Paul D. Robertson" <proberts@patriot.net>
To: "Ryan M. Ferris" <rferris@rmfdevelopment.com>
Date: Sun Oct 27 20:28:01 2002

On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Ryan M. Ferris wrote:

> This is off topic. Someone is using my account to send me mail with binary
> attachments. I have contacted my provider and asked to change my mail
> password. I have sent on the message header to them. What is the next best
> step? Do I file a report with CERT? Any thoughts?

When you say "Using my account," are you saying "the mail looks like it
comes from me," "the mail path is exactly the same and the message IDs
look like mine," "same path, different message IDs," or "heck if I know
what the deal is here?"

If you post the full headers, we might have something to work with.

Paul
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