pop3 email problem
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Topic: pop3 email problem
Posted By: garyd
Subject: pop3 email problem
Date Posted: 09 September 2003 at 6:10pm
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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 ------------- Gary |
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Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 09 September 2003 at 8:03pm
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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!
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Posted By: garyd
Date Posted: 10 September 2003 at 11:56am
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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.. ------------- 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.... |