Spoofing

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  amywitting · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 8:58 pm

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  What can I do about someone spoofing my email address?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 9:01 pm

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  I have flagged this thread for Staff attention.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 10:08 pm

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  I don’t think this is a WP.com issue.

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  amywitting · Member · Jul 20, 2012 at 4:41 am

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  I spoke with Lunarpages who hosts my email and they mentioned it was on WP.com’s end. I really would love some help on this. I changed my email address from the front of the blog to a page which Lunarpages said would help. But the IT department said I must contact WordPress ASAP. Please let me know what I can do on my end. Thanks!

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 20, 2012 at 4:47 am

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  I don’t think your email host is giving you good advice IF someone is actually spoofing your email. If someone is hacking your email, that’s a different issue. Still, here is some general advice.

  1) change your email password. Do this now.

  2) change your WordPress.com password. Do this AFTER doing 1.

  My suggestion: 3) Disable Post By Email.

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  amywitting · Member · Jul 20, 2012 at 3:03 pm

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  I followed your instructions and spoke to lunar pages again. They mentioned that WordPress should add an SPF Record. And said I should pass on the IP address. 216.227.216.45