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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

So, I was working on a turn this a.m. when my cell phone chortled. I went and retrieved that cell phone and there was a message on it saying that someone knew my password for my email account.?! I went online and discovered it was Google that sent me the warning. My Google account doesn't amount to much, my browser is Google Chrome and I use Google Earth once in a while but besides that just about nothing. Yet, it was Google warning me that someone was trying to log onto my AOL email account and they said they'd stopped it. It was suggested that I change my Google password, which I did. How Google knew someone was trying to access my AOL email account is beyond me. Anyway, the password I was using is the same password I use for my PBEM against Steve. Do you think it is possible that Steve has my password? Is it possible that besides emptying my bank account that he knows everything I'm doing in this game? What am I to do?

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

So, I was working on a turn this a.m. when my cell phone chortled. I went and retrieved that cell phone and there was a message on it saying that someone knew my password for my email account.?! I went online and discovered it was Google that sent me the warning. My Google account doesn't amount to much, my browser is Google Chrome and I use Google Earth once in a while but besides that just about nothing. Yet, it was Google warning me that someone was trying to log onto my AOL email account and they said they'd stopped it. It was suggested that I change my Google password, which I did. How Google knew someone was trying to access my AOL email account is beyond me. Anyway, the password I was using is the same password I use for my PBEM against Steve. Do you think it is possible that Steve has my password? Is it possible that besides emptying my bank account that he knows everything I'm doing in this game? What am I to do?

There is no way AOL would give Google info on account status. This is a phishing e-mail pretending to be Google to get you to change your password. It will probably have a built-in trap to detect your new password as you put it in (after it is in, it is encoded so it is very difficult to work out, but during input it is vulnerable).
Try searching virus warning sites about this "AOL password" malware.

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Let's try again:

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”

Oh, dear, that's not it either. That's the end of "A Tale of Two Cities" where the Scarlet Pimpernel becomes acquainted with the People's Razor.

You all are going to have to have some patience with me. I'm doing jury duty beginning Tuesday (it would normally begin on Monday, but it's MLK Jr. day). I will begin this campaign without doing a playtest to make sure nothing goes wrong. This will be my seventh or eighth campaign PBEM so I should know what I'm doing by now, but I'm more that a bit rusty. I still have stuff to work out and I'll need all the encouragement I can get.