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Old May 24th 07, 09:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Dave
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Default hijacked email

I have a web site for my business, and on it I give a contact email address.
This has been fine for year.

Now everyday I get at least 20 email as

"I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be be delivered
to one or more recipients"

or similar

However I did not send any of these emails but the emails appear as if I
have !!!!!

I thought of changing my emails address, but it uses my business name

Is there anything I can do to stop this as the emails are spam and going
everywhere under my name/.

Thank you

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Old May 24th 07, 10:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)
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Default hijacked email

it's SPAM. It's been going around for a while. There are regular posts
here about it too.

I hope this helps you at least a little bit!

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook

read my articles he www.judygleeson.com
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Canberra, Australia

Joseph Joubert
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"Dave" wrote in message
...
I have a web site for my business, and on it I give a contact email
address. This has been fine for year.

Now everyday I get at least 20 email as

"I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be be
delivered to one or more recipients"

or similar

However I did not send any of these emails but the emails appear as if I
have !!!!!

I thought of changing my emails address, but it uses my business name

Is there anything I can do to stop this as the emails are spam and going
everywhere under my name/.

Thank you



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Old May 24th 07, 02:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Brian Tillman
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Default hijacked email

Dave wrote:

Now everyday I get at least 20 email as

"I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be be
delivered to one or more recipients"


Clearly your address has been hijacked by a web bot.

Is there anything I can do to stop this as the emails are spam and
going everywhere under my name/.


You can't stop those who are using the address. You can mitigate the
incoming NDRs with rules, perhaps. You should change the web page so that
the mail address is not harvestable (i.e., make it an image, for example, so
that only a human can read it and do not include a mailto URL) so that
future bots can't see it. See this, for example, from a FrontPage MVP:
http://www.personal-computer-tutor.c...35/tina35b.htm
--
Brian Tillman

 




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