The Yahoo servers have been broken into before. It is not necessarily Al sent it, as one might think with a compromised PC with root kit or virus. Yahoo has been having increasing problems over the past year, so I'm migrating all my contacts and profiles to other E-mail accounts. I plan to close my Yahoo account.
A few years back Yahoo gained a CEO from what I understand was a Microsoft Corp. exec. I couldn't say specifically, but Microsoft seems to have their share of problems. For example, London Stock Exchange dumping their Microsoft based infrastructure due to performance problems and outages for a combination of Unix and Linux a few years ago.
Regardless of the reasons, I've been experiencing outages with Yahoo worsening over the past year. Today was a prime example, Yahoo Temporary Error #14 and message their staff is working on it. I seriously doubt Al Rabe sent those SPAM messages, although anything is possible.
If you look at the headers, check to see where the message originated. I had someone impersonate me about 3 years ago. E-mail originated from Malaysia. That would help to confirm if in fact Al sent it or not.
Anyway, my two cents FWIW.
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