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How do the Spammers do this ... so I can prevent it ?

A couple times this has happened to me: I send/receive Email with someone I know well ... then 2 or 3 days later their Email address is being used by Spammers. See below. Haven't emailed this lady in years ... then all of a sudden, after an Email exchange with her, the Spammers have her address.
THE QUESTION: Do you think I have a vulnerability ... or is it more likely on their side ?

----- Forwarded message from junepsmith@aol.com -----
    Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:56:55 -0500
    From: junepsmith@aol.com <---<<< I CHANGED THE NAME FOR POSTING HERE
      To: clairecr@san.rr.com, cmsinc01@msn.com, bthrasher@WarnerAngle.com, karen.stock@firstfuture.org, betsymorris@mindspring.com, tony.kasovich@cox.net, mhyde@firstam.com, kwasung@aol.com, lburt1@san.rr.com, hstickney@san.rr.com, tx4rugrats@aol.com, jeffburhop@cox.net, steinmetzfamily@cox.net, sugrnspice0616@yahoo.com, active_offers@news1-active.com, CAnderson@ImperialCapitalBank.com, spots@san.rr.com, Mikestaley14@aol.com, luisolm@wellsfargo.com

http://    print   analyze  .   com  / 84956.php  <---<<< I HAVE ADDED SPACES TO DISABLE THIS SPAM LINK FOR POSTING



----- End forwarded message -----
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This question has been classified as abandoned and is being closed as part of the Cleanup Program. See my comment at the end of the question for more details.