They're not using your account to do this by guessing your password or anything like that. With the right software you can make an E-mail look like it has come from any address you wish.
At 18:08 26/11/2008, you wrote:
Many thanks for this, Andrew - very helpful indeed. At first reading though I have one concern. I subscribe to a number of yahoo groups and occasionally find it useful to go to http://groups.yahoo.co.uk to make changes. If I carried out the process described I would no longer be able to use my Yahoo ID and password to edit the groups, but could presumably then create a new ID and associate it with the groups etc. Rather a nuisance but if it is the only way of getting rid of the spam apparently being sent from my yahoo address then it maybe necessary.the problem may have been there for a long time but it only became apparent when thespammer sent one or two of the messages to myself! Thanks again for the information. Douglas e On 26 Nov 2008 at 16:15, Andrew Summers wrote: > Hello, > This is how to close your yahoo accounts! > HTH > > Andrew > > How do I close my account? > > Yahoo! members can remove their own accounts and account information from > Yahoo!. Please follow the instructions below to initiate the deletion of > your account. > > By terminating your account, you will lose access to your Yahoo! ID, > Yahoo! Mail, and profile names. We will also delete your account data and > settings across the Yahoo! network. This includes any contents in: list of > 10 items ¢ Yahoo! Mail ¢ Yahoo! Address Book ¢ Flickr ¢ Yahoo! > HotJobs ¢ GeoCities ¢ Yahoo! Briefcase ¢ My Yahoo! ¢ Yahoo! Groups > ¢ Finance Portfolio ¢ Any other area of Yahoo! that can only be > accessed with your Yahoo! ID and password list end > > Please be sure you want to delete your entire account as you will not be > able to reactivate it after the account has been deleted. You are always > welcome to sign up again for a new account. > > Terminating your Yahoo! account does not alter or delete your > Yahoo! People Search > listing, which you need to > ]edit or delete > yourself. > > If you are subscribed to any premium services, we recommend that you first > cancel those premium services before you delete your account. If you do > not delete your Premium Services before deleting your Account, you will > continue to be billed for your premium services. To cancel your current > subscriptions, visit > > ][property_billing/] Information > for your account, choose the "My Services" tab, and click the "Cancel" > link for each subscription. > > To remove your entire account, please visit our > ]Account Deletion > page. You will be asked to sign in to or verify your password for the > account you wish to delete. Please be sure to read the next page > carefully, as important > information about your account is included. You can then confirm the > deletion of your account. > > If you're having trouble signing in, you can get password help on the > password problems page. > > Please complete the deletion process only if you are certain you would > like to remove your entire Yahoo! account and any features you have > personalized within the account. After the deletion process is initiated, > your Yahoo! account can never be recovered. > > > To subscribe to my CALIBREBooks list send a blank email to > CALIBREBooks-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
