Have you recently received one of those emails that only has "Re:" in the subject line, then when looking at the email, you see some weblink that looks
suspicious, but the email came from someone trusted? This can be an indication of a "hacked" email account, and usually the party doesn't even know this is going on. If you know the person, give them a call and let them know and delete the email and empty the trash can.
While we do all we can to secure our email accounts, one simple and overlooked tip is simply this:
Create a fictitious email contact in your
list, one that will be picked
up first,
example: aaa_111@###.com
Why? If your email account should be compromised, this email contact "That you will never use", will fail to go out or come back as "un-deliverable", this will flag you that something is "amiss", more importantly, it may cause the email to never go out, as it is common among some newer services to hold up bulk mails, (ones with
many addresses) if the emails "To" line doesn't "resolve" to a valid address.
suspicious, but the email came from someone trusted? This can be an indication of a "hacked" email account, and usually the party doesn't even know this is going on. If you know the person, give them a call and let them know and delete the email and empty the trash can.
While we do all we can to secure our email accounts, one simple and overlooked tip is simply this:
Create a fictitious email contact in your
list, one that will be picked
up first,
example: aaa_111@###.com
Why? If your email account should be compromised, this email contact "That you will never use", will fail to go out or come back as "un-deliverable", this will flag you that something is "amiss", more importantly, it may cause the email to never go out, as it is common among some newer services to hold up bulk mails, (ones with
many addresses) if the emails "To" line doesn't "resolve" to a valid address.
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