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All email is subject to being hacked, not just Gmail. Here are a few tips to relieve concern about spoofing, including how Google users can connect securely to Gmail.

Spoofing

Spoofing occurs when your email account is hacked and used to send a spam message to all your contacts.

A friend’s Gmail account was spoofed this week. Below is the message sent to all of her contacts:

DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS IF YOU RECEIVE SUCH A MESSAGE!

Spoofed email messages also revealed every address in the victim’s contact list!

She called Google, changed her password, and deleted all her contacts. What a mess! Read the rest of this entry »

Gmail and Google Apps went down. How many are left stranded?

It started just after 2:00pm PST on August 11, 2008. I was on the phone with a friend/client and planned to follow-up with information via email. Oh, “Temporary Error” – hmmm… turns out it was not that temporary.

What does one do when stranded by Gmail and Google Apps?

Here was my trouble-shooting and decision-making process: Read the rest of this entry »