I found loads of posts on how to update more than one Twitter account (Hootsuite, other WP plugins), new plugins (Twitter Adder… hmm, looks intriguing), how to use one e-mail address with multiple Twitter accounts, but nothing on setting up two blogs to one Twitter account. I visited Alex King's Twitter Tools site for answers, being that he's the plugin daddy, but found nothing there.

Granted, I do tend to browse for what I need quickly, so perhaps I missed that pertinent post, comment or support file on how it's done.

I went back to the tool and, of course, rather bluntly, the answer was staring me in the face. I really think I need better glasses…

After logging into your Twitter Tools set up, type in the usual info, add the callbak URL, etc. Then, before answering the captcha question and clicking submit, click the little blue link where the Callback URL is.

In the Domain field, type in the domain without http:// – then click Authorize. You'll see, as the image above shows, the main Callback URL and then under the new domain to add with an X in the circle (so you can delete it if you don't want it later).

You can manage your domains by clicking the link on the left.

To set up your second blog with Twitter Tools to feed into the one Twitter account, click the appropriate buttons to get the codes to plug into the back end of your blog. The same codes will be used for both blogs. I won't go into how to set up Twitter Tools as you can find those instructions on WordPress Relief and if you don't have the plugin, you can learn more about it (and get it) from WordPress.

Nothing more to it than that… happy testing.

And then, one day, this same type of spam email shows up in my inbox from ME – utilizing my Yahoo mail account to do so. I went on a search hunt through Google but found nothing to explain how to fix it. Instead of writing a WTF note to Yahoo to let off steam, I logged in to my Yahoo email account to see if I could fix it myself. After spending some time poking around the new email interface, I've come up with these steps to get your infiltrated Yahoo email box back in shape:

1. Log on to your email account on Yahoo (mail.yahoo.com).

2. On the far right you'll see some blue links (if you're on the updated Yahoo mail system. If not, just look for Options link). Click on Options, then click on More Options.

3. On the left sidebar click on Signature – if you see a creepy message in the signature box that you did not authorize, erase it. You can place your own signature there or leave it blank. Once you clear out the bad message click in the circle for the option Do not use a signature if you just want it blank. Otherwise, save your new signature, but you may need to check it on occasion to make sure the spammers do not return.

4. We're not done yet, though. Click on Vacation Response – If you see a message in either Generic or Special Response erase it and then uncheck the box for "Enable auto-response during your vacation".

5. Make sure to click Save Changes when you're done.

6. This last step is optional. If you don't really care that you have contacts in Yahoo or not, delete your contacts. By deleting the contacts you have stored in your account there will be no more spam messages going out just in case the spammers return and hijack your email options again.

7. Lastly, change your password.

If these steps don't stop the problem, you'll need to completely sweep your computer for any virus or what have you that could've snuggled itself into a folder on your hard drive. Run a good spyware program, adware, etc., just to make sure you computer is clean. I would do that anyway even if you fixed the problem with the above steps. One of the reasons the spammers use the vacation box is this – imagine all the usual spam you get on a daily basis. If you have a vacation response turned on, those spammers and advertisers are now aware of your email address and you "exist" so you'll definitely want to give your computer a good scrubbing just in case.

Outside of that, you can try to contact Yahoo. Good luck with that.

Hotmail, Microsoft's free online email program, turned off their automated vacation response until they can find a fix since spammers were taking advantage of it as well. As of this writing, though, I could not find any information from Yahoo about this issue or if they were planning to follow suit and turn off the vacation response. So, if anyone reading this finds anything about Yahoo working on this issue please let me know in the comments below.