Why is Mail is spamming?

I'm not sure when it all began, but I received something that has made my ip get blacklisted and all of my email from Mail to be sent to my client's SPAM folder. I'm assuming that this was some type of Trojan Horse. I'm not blaming Mac Mail for this problem, but I'm curious about two things....
1. Isn't this a virus? Isn't mac supposed to be guarded against this kind of thing? Are there any reports of this type of thing? How do I protect against it?
2. How do I get rid of it? Do I have to reinstall system software?

Hi
Are you sure you received something and it's Mail that's spamming? It's perhaps more likely that someone's gained access to your email account via another computer or your email address has been spoofed.

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