What is happening to my email??

From: bodhi (jsmox2@hotmail.com)
Date: 12/18/02 

From: "bodhi" <jsmox2@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:51:47 -0800

There are many ways to impersonate email addresses.

It was probably pulled from a database that collects info
on users and their interests.
Dont worry about it, but if you really want to track them
down, go to this web site, enjoy

www.arin.net/whois/

>-----Original Message-----
>I received an email in the inbox of my personal email
>account which showed that it was from me. This was one
of
>those porn-type emails.
>
>How could this happen?
>
>Can I set something on my computer to prevent this from
>happening again?
>
>I am not yet sure if that same email went to anyone, or
>everyone, in my address book (I sure hope not).
>
>When I click on "properties" for the email it shows it
was
>sent from a .com address, then it shows (unknow) and
then
>a series of 10 numbers (sorry, i don't know the
technical
>name for this series of numbers). Would this
information
>help me find out who sent this?
>
>Is there someone I should be reporting this problem to?
>
>Any help or advise anyone can provide would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>
>
>
>
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