is it illegal to access another's e-mail account without aurthorization from that person. how do you prosecute
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Its pretty logic that its illegal...\n\nIf its legal, then why PASSWORD?\n\nAlso, lets get it this way, how is it legal to access someones private data? This is privacy violation...
87449
They can't sue but they can take it to the police who would charge him with a crime.  In order to sue him they would have to prove that there is something they deserve in return for receiving these emails which is doubtful.
825288
do you ative your account through the e-mail the sent you?\nif not do it
539726
There are programs that let you send e-mail as if you were from any direction... You'd even get a mail from "Yourname@yourname.you" if someone is messing up with you.
315939
Your question is essentially "All I want to know why is this allowed...?"\n\nThe answer is, nobody allowed it but you. You made a computer accessible to someone who you do not wish it to be used by.\n\nIf you meant to ask "Why are minors allowed to set up email accounts?" then the answer is, "Because there is no way to ensure that the person on the client's end isn't minor."\n\nIf you want to have her MySpace account removed, there are protocols you can follow on the MySpace FAQ (frequently asked questions).  However, it will be pointless to go through the trouble if she has access to the internet; your home, school, friends, the mall, Kinko's, etc.
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Spam is illegal, friend.\n\nE-mail spam is a subset of spam that involves sending nearly identical messages to a few or thousands (or millions) of recipients by E-mail. Perpetrators of such spam ("spammers") often harvest addresses of prospective recipients from Usenet postings or from web pages, obtain them from databases, or simply guess them by using common names and domains. By popular definition, a spam message is an unwanted email that is sent without the permission of the recipient.\n\nSending spam violates the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) of almost all Internet Service Providers, and can lead to the termination of the sender's account. Many jurisdictions, such as the United States of America, which regulates via the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, regard spamming as a crime or as an actionable tort.\n\nArticle 13 of the European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (2002/58/EC) provides that the EU member states shall take appropriate measures to ensure that unsolicited communications for the purposes of direct marketing are not allowed either without the consent of the subscribers concerned or in respect of subscribers who do not wish to receive these communications, the choice between these options to be determined by national legislation.\n\nIn Australia, the relevant legislation is the Spam Act 2003 which covers some types of e-mail and phone spam.\n\nAccessing privately owned computer resources without the owner's permission counts as illegal under computer crime statutes in most nations. Deliberate spreading of computer viruses is also illegal in the United States and elsewhere.\n\nThus, some of spammers most common behaviors are criminal quite independently of the legal status of spamming per se. Even before the advent of laws specifically banning or regulating spamming, spammers have been successfully prosecuted under computer fraud and abuse laws for wrongfully using others' computers.
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You're email account cannot be used in any way to cost you money or purchase things.\n\nhttp://www.jimmyr.com/security.php
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There are several ways to do this depending on the program. If you want him not to be able to access your email, change your password and dont give it to him.  Whatever forwarding service he is using will have to have a log in.
992120
If your e-mail contained a threat or insinuated blackmail, your company could go to the police. The police would go to Yahoo! to find out the ip address and isp that the account was made on. The police would then have to go to the ISP and get them to find you, etc. It would be a long process and not worth it unless there were some legal issue.\n\nI had a similar situation. I sent the parties involved an e-mail through CNN's "e-mail this article to a friend" feature. I told them that people knew and thought it was inappropriate and that I hoped they'd do what was right for the company and find new jobs. They both did within 2 months.
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No, mail fraud and identity theft occur when the sender impersonates somebody else.
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Just try to block the e-mail address from where you are getting those e-mails.\n\nNote: Any One can send an email with anyones name suppose an ID of you friend if I wanna attack you I will send you an e-mail with an IDofyourfriend@yahoo.com, Attackers can also send email from their own ID but to you it will display any thing they want for example you can get attractive message subject as Free software from Microsoft and you will also see that the email is from microsoft in the sender.
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Sorry, but you cannot. The country is of no significance for she could be using any of several email service providers. Even if you do know the service provider you will need to know her email ID.
785796
Yes, so if you're at work, you'd better not play around on the computer so you won't lose your job.\n\nYou can check your settings for your email account and make sure that they are not being forwarded.\nSome email accounts allow you to redirect your mail. To do that someone has to have acces to your actual account. If your boss moniters your use, they can easily find out the info necessary. AND YES, it is legal for them to monitor your use at work. (They own the computer and are paying you to work, not play)
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You can't.  It's not possible unless they put their email address in their narrative.
79615
I can't find anything specifically about hacked accounts. You might try contacting them here and choosing the impersonation category. http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mail/cgi_abuse\n\nI'm not sure if that would work.
87134
You can't unless they have included their email address in their profile (like I have).
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Yes you can use an anonymizer. This allows you to surf anonimously and send email to people even proportedly from their own IP.\nhttp://www.answers.com/anonymizer?gwp=12&method=2