[MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread Steven Brown
Thanks for looking out for me John.   Well if no one knows it by now it probably did not happen to you.   John Robinson says he received about 7 different e-mails from me this morning!   Apparently my e-mail has been hacked. It seems like it happens about once a year or so.   What can I do?   I g

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread Tanya
ttached to nothing" From: Steven Brown To: "MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu" Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:38 AM Subject: [MacGroup] Email hacked Thanks for looking out for me John.   Well if no one knows it by now it probably did not happen to you.

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread Lee Larson
On Feb 6, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Steven Brown wrote: > John Robinson says he received about 7 different e-mails from me this morning! > > Apparently my e-mail has been hacked. It seems like it happens about once a > year or so. > > What can I do? There's nothing you can do about it. Nobody has

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
Lee, How do you digit ally sign your email? Do you scan your signature and then paste it at the end of your email messages? Or is it simply what you have at the bottom of this message? Or is it some other more techy way? Thanks. On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Feb 6, 2013,

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread John Robinson
Steven, You don't have to apologize, it is something we all live with. I only wanted to inform you. There were several folks on the list, didn't go over them to see if I recognized any of our folks. Going to inquire of Lee next. John On Feb 6, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Steven Brown wrote: > Than

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread John Robinson
Lee, Thank goodness you are in "the know". Harry has beat me to the punch, but I not only want to know how this is done, is it program specific? If I normally use Apple's mail and if I am using the digitally signed mail and then use Gmail one day do the signatures cross over to the other acco

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread Lee Larson
On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > How do you digit ally sign your email? Do you scan your signature and then > paste it at the end of your email messages? Or is it simply what you have at > the bottom of this message? Or is it some other more techy way? Apple's mail,

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread Lee Larson
On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:53 PM, John Robinson wrote: > Thank goodness you are in "the know". Harry has beat me to the punch, but I > not only want to know how this is done, is it program specific? If I > normally use Apple's mail and if I am using the digitally signed mail and > then use Gmail

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread Steven Brown
Macintosh computers I am a little gun shy Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked t was watching America Now and they were talking about the On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: How do you digit ally sign your email? Do you scan your

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread Neal Hammon
Steve- This may be a stupid idea, since I have a Mac, and things may be different with you; but way back when, I was told that if I had a phony address at the top of the address book list, that this phony name would screw up the hackers, and generally cause them to discard any other address

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked

2013-02-06 Thread Bill Rising
On Feb 6, 2013, at 14:20 , Lee Larson wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:53 PM, John Robinson wrote: > >> Thank goodness you are in "the know". Harry has beat me to the punch, but I >> not only want to know how this is done, is it program specific? If I >> normally use Apple's mail and if I a

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked (Lee Larson)

2013-02-06 Thread Ken Presley
On 2/6/13 2:20 PM, Lee Larson at macgroup-requ...@erdos.math.louisville.edu wrote: ...snip... S/MIME email certificates ...snip... Hi Lee! This is excellent advice, which I just followed. It should probably be noted that this process is not entirely transparent to the casual user. There are

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked (Lee Larson)

2013-02-06 Thread Steven Brown
Thanks for every ones help it is appreciated.   Steve Brown From: Ken Presley To: macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Cc: Ken Presley at Gmail Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked (Lee Larson) On 2/6/13 2:20 PM

Re: [MacGroup] Email hacked (Lee Larson)

2013-02-06 Thread Lee Larson
On Feb 6, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Ken Presley wrote: > (1) Go to comodo.com (for example) with your browser and find the free email > certificate link, i.e.: > > https://secure.comodo.com/products/frontpage?area=SecureEmailCertificate¤cy=USD®ion=North+America&country=US&entryURL=http%3A//www.comodo.co