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When I got home this afternoon my email inbox was full of 'undeliverable mail'. There were about 120 of them and another 50 or more came in later. None of them originated with me and they werent addressed to me or from me. I discovered that quite a few people had had the same thing. Has somebody hacked into our accounts or what? How can I stop them if it happens in the future?

Huia.

don't know much about that side of computers, but I'd guess you have a trojan or something....or someone else on your list has.

You could check your filters on your email account as a first step and raise the level....but then you'd need to check your spam box frequently to ensure those you do want to read haven't been swept away.

I came across someone who has a filter account with earthlink.net. As a first time emailer, you had to write a short message why you wanted to contact him, and he then decided whether to receive your mail. Sounds a good idea, but no idea if there is a cost involved

Someone has hacked in to your email i had the same a few weeks ago on my hotmail account , apparently Hotmail/Live email accounts with the passwords had been published somewhere ,Microsoft didnt make it public though!
Spammers have got into your contacts and sent out spam to everyone on your list.
you need to change your password on your email account so it cant be accessed again