# Spam to SDMB email address.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-to-sdmb-email-address/667055>\
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**Created:** [August 24, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-to-sdmb-email-address/667055 "2013-08-24T14:04:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-to-sdmb-email-address/667055/1 "2013-08-24T14:04:18Z")

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I just got a spam email to the email account used for SDMB. Its a unique email address used just for this website. Was the database recently compromised?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-to-sdmb-email-address/667055/2 "2013-08-24T16:14:34Z")

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No.

Management does not give or sell or use your information.

If I may ask, who was this from? You can forward the email to me if you like.