One user on network gets lots of spam

[shaftoe]

One user (Outlook, 2000 or 2002) on our network of about fifty gets a lot of spam. The admin says it is not an Exchange problem. A lot of users got spam about a year ago but the problem was solved, except for this guy. I don't know where to start. I have admin passwords but not for the Exchange server. How could this not be an Exchange problem? The user is a senior exec, and presumably no less careful with his email address than many of our other users.

 

[cmeagan656]

If he's a senior exec try googling his email address. I did that for one of my bosses who was getting more spam than anyone and his email address appeared in a google search for no less than 5 organizations which he belonged to. Some of the organizations had posted the email addresses of members on their web site without notifying the member first.

Cheers.

 

[shaftoe]

Sweet idea but no luck. One hit, our website, right next to everyone else's address.

 

[Auger282]

you cant setup spam filtering on his local workstation?

 

[FletchUK]

We had a similar thing at our company about 12 months ago where one of our receptionists was getting loads of junk email. Then I noticed she had smiley icons in her outgoing emails and realised she'd foolishly installed the HotBar application. I don't suspect your exec would do such a thing though...

 

[shaftoe]

Auger, I could but no one else has it (to my knowledge), and we hardly have any spam.

Fletch, good point, off to look at his toolbar.