I keep getting returned mail when I have not sent an email. They perport to
come from "Mail Delivery System" or "Mailer-Daemon" or "Mail Delivery
Subsystem".
They are sent to the correct second part of my address, after the @ but with
an infinite variety of character proceeding the@. I am getting more than 20
of these returns each day.
Is this some sort of "Scam"?
My Outlook Express is :6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_rtm****)
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give me.
Cheers
Matthew McG
UK

"Matthew McG" wrote:

I keep getting returned mail when I have not sent an email. They perport to
come from "Mail Delivery System" or "Mailer-Daemon" or "Mail Delivery
Subsystem".
They are sent to the correct second part of my address, after the @ but with
an infinite variety of character proceeding the@. I am getting more than 20
of these returns each day.
Is this some sort of "Scam"?
My Outlook Express is :6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_rtm****)
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give me.
Cheers
Matthew McG
UK
Sorry, I have now tried a serch on my question and discovered that it is a common problem. Let that be a lesson to me, look before you leap!!!
Cheers
Matthew McG
UK

Its either direct spam or messages coming from servers that were sent
messages purportedly from you, but where the email address was faked as
coming from you.

You can use message rules to filter out a lot of them by setting up a rule
that if the message was not to your email account address, then move it to a
junk folder. Or set up a rule that if the message is to your specific
account, stop processing more rules and then set up a rule at the end that
will move all messages besides those caught by the rule to a junk folder.

see also www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#9

steve

"Matthew McG" wrote in message
...
I keep getting returned mail when I have not sent an email. They perport to
come from "Mail Delivery System" or "Mailer-Daemon" or "Mail Delivery
Subsystem".
They are sent to the correct second part of my address, after the @ but
with
an infinite variety of character proceeding the@. I am getting more than
20
of these returns each day.
Is this some sort of "Scam"?
My Outlook Express is :6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_rtm****)
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give me.
Cheers
Matthew McG
UK

A spammer or a virus is using your email address.
Unless you want to get a new email address, just delete the emails without
opening them.
--
Ron Sommer

"Matthew McG" wrote in message
...
I keep getting returned mail when I have not sent an email. They perport to
come from "Mail Delivery System" or "Mailer-Daemon" or "Mail Delivery
Subsystem".
They are sent to the correct second part of my address, after the @ but
with
an infinite variety of character proceeding the@. I am getting more than
20
of these returns each day.
Is this some sort of "Scam"?
My Outlook Express is :6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_rtm****)
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give me.
Cheers
Matthew McG
UK

Have you signed up to Blue Security? Many people who signed up with them
seems to have the same problem.

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

A spammer or a virus is using your email address.
Unless you want to get a new email address, just delete the emails without
opening them.
--
Ron Sommer

"Matthew McG" wrote in message
...
I keep getting returned mail when I have not sent an email. They perport to
come from "Mail Delivery System" or "Mailer-Daemon" or "Mail Delivery
Subsystem".
They are sent to the correct second part of my address, after the @ but
with
an infinite variety of character proceeding the@. I am getting more than
20
of these returns each day.
Is this some sort of "Scam"?
My Outlook Express is :6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_rtm****)
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give me.
Cheers
Matthew McG
UK