how is someone able to use my email

[jugstah]

Many people don't realize this but TDF is right, it is *VERY* easy for anyone, including you if you know the steps, to forge an email and send it out. All it takes is an open mail server on someone else's end, whether it be in Korea or in Taiwan or right here in the good ol' USA.

As TDF said, make sure you have the latest available anti-virus protection and also the latest virus definition usually downloadable from your AV's company website. And also, make sure you have scanned your computer for spyware using ad-aware and spy-bot and spyhunter.

If you have a company webpage, make sure your email address isn't so readily available for a spammer to find and use. I often suggest you use something like "loohooseerrr at yahoo.com" rather than "loohooseerrr@yahoo.com"

Have a good day.