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Hello All
Is it possible to receive an e-mail from someone who no longer uses the e-mail address, i receieved an e-mail from a friend who no longer uses there e-mail address it was sent from, or have they re-activated there old e-mail address or possibly someone has hacked there old e-mail address and contacts?

Thanks
Allan
 

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Welcome Allan,

If a person closes an email account most emails have a waiting period before that address can be used again.
Not being able to actually talk to the sender I can only guess at possible scenarios
It is possible that the sender never closed the account and the yes they could send you mail
If the account were actually closed no one can send mail from that account. A sender, if theyknow how, can send an email to you and make it appear that it came from the address in question.
If the account is still open, yes a third party could use the account if the address and password were known. This is a possiblity if the computer were indeed hacked.

I think the best course of action would be to speak to the sender. If it is confired that they did not send you mail the account should be closed. If mail is still received the email provider should be notified (probably by email). All contacts in the senders address book should, also, be alerted to the potential problem, if one is found to exist.

I hope that I have, at least a little.

Goood Luck
 
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You are very welcome.

Contacting the sender will be beneficial for 2 reasons:
You will get the information that you need and
you will alert the sender to a potential problem with his account.

Good Luck
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Hi Rich
I have just realised i permanently deleted the e-mail in vista windows, is there any way i can retrieve it?

Thanks
Allan
 

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Hi Again Allan,
First thanks for the rep, it was very nice of you.

Two things to try.
Go to search and type in the name of the email client, then right click and previous version. If there is a date that coincides with the date the email was present, give it a try. But remember, if it works all current mail will be gone, too

You can try this, but use the computer as little as possible until you try. Each use makes it more difficult to recover
Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download

It may still be on the email server, at the email website.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
We only need one good suggestion. Hope it works
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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