[IYAS9YAS]

Not sure about bot networks. But something strange is happening on an old e-mail account of mine. The e-mail in the in-box shows my old e-mail address as the source of the e-mail. In other words, I log in to my old xyz123@provider.com account, and there are e-mails in there from xyz123@provider.com that I know I didn’t send. Is there a way to determine whether or not that account has been hi-jacked?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

...I’m no help....someone may be along shortly to give suggestions...

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Not sure about bot networks. But something strange is happening on an old e-mail account of mine. The e-mail in the in-box shows my old e-mail address as the source of the e-mail. In other words, I log in to my old xyz123@provider.com account, and there are e-mails in there from xyz123@provider.com that I know I didn’t send. Is there a way to determine whether or not that account has been hi-jacked?"

Common viral behavior. It simply means that someone with whom you've corresponded in the past and who has your email address in their address-book has been infected. Their machine is churning out spam emails "from" people in their address book. This cloaks the origin of the spam.

[TChris]

The e-mail in the in-box shows my old e-mail address as the source of the e-mail.

That just means that your email address fell into the hands of the spammers, and they're forging your address as the source. That way, when people try to reply to their spam or report the spammer, they are directed to YOU instead.

It doesn't require them to have any control over your email account, just your authentic address.

I believe this practice alone should result in felony convictions and heavy penalties for spammers.

[antiRepublicrat]

A common spam tactic is to use the to address to forge a from address too. They might also make up names @provider.com to make it look like they’re safe.

Nothing you can do at the client end to keep the spam from getting to your client, but see if your provider can put up Spam Assassin on the server.