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I've been getting some returned mail lately. Kicker is I didn't send it. What gives?
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email bounce that I didn't send?
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Not trying to freak you out but it could possibly be a virus or trojan of sorts.
Do you have a good anti-virus proggie ? if so make sure it's up to date.
Ewido has an excellent on-line virus scanner , totally free and no spyware etc. Simply follow the online scan instructions.
http://www.ewido.net/en/
Post back what happens.
Do you have a good anti-virus proggie ? if so make sure it's up to date.
Ewido has an excellent on-line virus scanner , totally free and no spyware etc. Simply follow the online scan instructions.
http://www.ewido.net/en/
Post back what happens.
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I use AVG, spybot, & ad-aware.
Maybe I should download Ewido?
Maybe I should download Ewido?
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It's a spoof rejection message.
Someone in cyberspace is SPAMMING with your email address as the fraudulent sender address, and you are getting the bounced rejections as your address is in the "From" field. This is because SPAM is not sent like legitimate email but instead is a program that travels like email and finds mailboxes and addresses to deliver to. The same programs are capable of changing the From, To, Subject, and content of the message to say what they want. This is why you can receive SPAM that is gibberish (think of it as a misfire) or receive SPAM that appears to be from your own address (when delivered the program read your address and inserted it into the From field).
You cannot be held responsible for email that isn't originating from your own computer or connections. At one time, yes it may have been possible that it was a virus on your machine; however modern viruses spoof the senders address much like SPAM to disguise where the virus is actually originating. This means the only way a virus or SPAM can be traced is by the message headers, and makes viruses harder to detect because you can no longer tell your buddy you received an email from them with a virus and to check their PC (it means you cannot trust any information in virus or SPAM messages).
Obviously, any antiSPAM email services you use may not block the Mailer Daemons as SPAM blockers monitor inbound email messages. Unless the Mailer Daemon contains SPAM-type information, in most case you'll get the Mailer Daemon because the Mailer Daemon in itself is a legitimate notice (even though the message generating the rejection notice is not). You won't want to specifically block them because then you'll never know when legitimate email is bounced.
There is NOTHING that can be done to prevent someone from spoofing your email address - other than change your address (which is more trouble than it's worth). You'll get Mailer Daemons for a few days, and then it'll go away. I am a netadmin for a network ~ 10,000 mailboxes and manage several corporate send-all addresses (abuse, postmaster, webmaster, info, support) so I get plenty of these all the time. It comes and goes.
Someone in cyberspace is SPAMMING with your email address as the fraudulent sender address, and you are getting the bounced rejections as your address is in the "From" field. This is because SPAM is not sent like legitimate email but instead is a program that travels like email and finds mailboxes and addresses to deliver to. The same programs are capable of changing the From, To, Subject, and content of the message to say what they want. This is why you can receive SPAM that is gibberish (think of it as a misfire) or receive SPAM that appears to be from your own address (when delivered the program read your address and inserted it into the From field).
You cannot be held responsible for email that isn't originating from your own computer or connections. At one time, yes it may have been possible that it was a virus on your machine; however modern viruses spoof the senders address much like SPAM to disguise where the virus is actually originating. This means the only way a virus or SPAM can be traced is by the message headers, and makes viruses harder to detect because you can no longer tell your buddy you received an email from them with a virus and to check their PC (it means you cannot trust any information in virus or SPAM messages).
Obviously, any antiSPAM email services you use may not block the Mailer Daemons as SPAM blockers monitor inbound email messages. Unless the Mailer Daemon contains SPAM-type information, in most case you'll get the Mailer Daemon because the Mailer Daemon in itself is a legitimate notice (even though the message generating the rejection notice is not). You won't want to specifically block them because then you'll never know when legitimate email is bounced.
There is NOTHING that can be done to prevent someone from spoofing your email address - other than change your address (which is more trouble than it's worth). You'll get Mailer Daemons for a few days, and then it'll go away. I am a netadmin for a network ~ 10,000 mailboxes and manage several corporate send-all addresses (abuse, postmaster, webmaster, info, support) so I get plenty of these all the time. It comes and goes.
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I had that happen to me once.
Someone was sending spam out using my email address.
I was getting 3500 returned emails and autoresponses a day.
I was adding filters to trash the ones I knew were junk, and it was still a PITA...
I changed email addresses, and let it die down.
Hope yours doesn't get out of control.
Someone was sending spam out using my email address.
I was getting 3500 returned emails and autoresponses a day.
I was adding filters to trash the ones I knew were junk, and it was still a PITA...
I changed email addresses, and let it die down.
Hope yours doesn't get out of control.