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Topic: pop3 email problem
Posted By: garyd
Subject: pop3 email problem
Date Posted: 09 September 2003 at 6:10pm
I am new to the forum and am searching for help.  I have recently experienced a virus problem.  I reformatted my hard drive.  Bought new virus software..loaded the software and cleaned my system which registered 1 virus found, 1 virus cleaned.  I use microsoft outlook for email.  My system is somehow sending out emails from me to addressees that I have no idea who they are.  I get mail dameon responses indicating something like addressees mail box full.  or your message contained the following errors.  I never sent one out.  Can anyone shed some light on what I am experiencing.  I have reformatted till blue in the face and virus scanned numerous times.  An help will be appreciated.    gary

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Gary



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Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 09 September 2003 at 8:03pm

could be that someone is just using your address as the "from" address. people can make an email appear that it came from any address that they want.



Posted By: 3BEPb
Date Posted: 09 September 2003 at 10:58pm
yup. I'm a webmaster of large russian web-portal with mailto:webmaster@bla-bla-bla.com - webmaster@bla-bla-bla.com  e-mail address. I rec'd hundreds error messages daily during last Sobig.f attack, obviously someone just used my e-mail address in "TO" field. You know, that there stil are some dumbs, who will open everything, came from mailto:webmaster@yahoo.com - webmaster@yahoo.com  or mailto:support@microsoft.com - support@microsoft.com even they have nothing to do with them. Unfortunatelly I have no practical idea how to fight with that. Only one hypotetical solution helped me to survive over these days - just KILL F$%#NG virus-making bastards!!! And I mean IT!


Posted By: garyd
Date Posted: 10 September 2003 at 11:56am
Thanks guys for the reply.  I still hate these erroneous error msgs that are seemingly being sent from my computer with my address.  Just cannot figure out what to do ..Anyone with ideas, drop a line.  Thanks again..

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Gary


Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 10 September 2003 at 9:44pm
delete them like the rest of us!


Posted By: 3BEPb
Date Posted: 11 September 2003 at 10:44am
garyd, just set your outlook to delete all incoming msgs with word "error" in subject. (Tools > Message Rules > mail)


Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 11 September 2003 at 11:04am
I wouldn't do that unless no one EVER sends you a question about an error....



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