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paul

7th July 2012, 02:08
After what's happened to Jazzgirl, my live mail (hotmail) account has started
sending spam emails out to my contacts - in Hungarian.

any advice?
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syzygy

7th July 2012, 02:25
Dump Hotmail. Always trouble there.
Try Gmail. You can easily import your contact list:

http://support.google.com/mail/?hl=en&labs=1&p=inbox&ctx=gmail
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rosalind

7th July 2012, 07:59
paul- I rarely even open mails from hotmail any more, having received viruses that way.
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ajt1

7th July 2012, 09:16
Paul - forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think a response to that might well be "Pull the other one, it's got bells on"
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paul

7th July 2012, 09:29
AJT - you're forgiven! Unfortunately I'm deadly serious - something has taken control and I don't know what to do next - never had this problem before.
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ajt1

7th July 2012, 09:33
Well then, I grovel, Paul. It was the Hungarian touch that made it suspect. I hope no serious damage has been done.
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paul

7th July 2012, 11:45
Well I never! Hotmail contacted me directly to report suspicious activity on my account, with the resetting process hopefully will be back to normal....
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rosalind

7th July 2012, 11:49
Gosh, that is good.

I'd still move to googlemail, though.
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paul

7th July 2012, 11:55
Are there really no problems like this with googlemail?
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ajt1

7th July 2012, 12:08
Paul, I've been using google mail for quite a long time on Syzygy's recommendation, and I've found it great - no problems at all (touch wood!)
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