I'm using outlook 2003 on a WinXp system. The other day I started
receiving massive amounts of undeliverable email messages that I never
sent. I've run AVG and TrendMicro and they aren't finding any viruses/
spyware. Does anyone know what it could possibly be? Thanks

It's most likely a spammer faking your email address. It'll pass in a few
days. If its bad, set up a rule to delete the NDRs.

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I'm using outlook 2003 on a WinXp system. The other day I started
receiving massive amounts of undeliverable email messages that I never
sent. I've run AVG and TrendMicro and they aren't finding any viruses/
spyware. Does anyone know what it could possibly be? Thanks

The following links may shed some light on the problem:

Understanding E-mail Spoofing
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articl...-Spoofing.html

Email "Spamming" and Email "Spoofing"
http://www.lse.ac.uk/itservices/help...g&spoofing.htm

E-mail spoofing - Definition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing

Nikki Peterson

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I'm using outlook 2003 on a WinXp system. The other day I started
receiving massive amounts of undeliverable email messages that I never
sent. I've run AVG and TrendMicro and they aren't finding any viruses/
spyware. Does anyone know what it could possibly be? Thanks

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I'm using outlook 2003 on a WinXp system. The other day I started
receiving massive amounts of undeliverable email messages that I never
sent. I've run AVG and TrendMicro and they aren't finding any viruses/
spyware. Does anyone know what it could possibly be? Thanks

I'm not sure, but its NEVER a good idea to use your or anyone else's
email address in newsgroups. Open you up to all sorts of spam, if you
aren't inundated already! I'd change my email address in your newsgroups
accounts to a domain that never will exist, and any correspondence to
mask any email, like "john_doe (at) something_or_other.comm" - note the
missing at symbol. Bots are hunting these things down.

Good luck with your other problem

Beege