Yow! E-mail getting hacked?!

[dcorwin]

This is only happening on one of my accounts (as a reseller) but I am getting returned mail that isn't mine, mostly from aol-type addresses. I've pasted some of an example below. Is someone using my account to send spam maybe?!

Also, possibly related, I have not received at least four e-mails that I know were sent to this account. Said e-mails were also not returned to the sender. So the question is, where are they?

Any ideas appreciated. Thanks,
Dave C. Polcino
Digital Complete

excerpt from a returned mail message:

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This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

animail77@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animaimagnetism@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animaincagliata@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animaineaxnyc@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animainiac1@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animaitrix@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animak24@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animaka1@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal0@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal007@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal015@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal0311@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal037@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal048@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal07@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal0715@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal0816@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal0821@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal09@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal10@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal1017@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal1018@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal1025@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal105@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal1071@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal1076@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal1097@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal1111111@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal116@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
animal1181@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"
xung03@aol.com
unrouteable mail domain "aol.com"

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[GatorBrent]

Change your pw to be safe, but this kind of thing is almost always someone spoofing...

Spoofing means they spam then put your email address as the return address. There is nothing you can do about it. It can be though of as a burgler robbing houses leaving your name as who did it. Of course you didn't do it but everyone is going to blame you untill the real burglar is caught.

Another big possibillity is that your using a insecure formmail. If you are using any formmail other then the one we provide delete it ASAP, and use ours.