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Here is a problem posted by a colleague who uses Outlook 2000:
"I received spam, which I then deleted. As soon as I deleted them, e-mails appeared in my Outbox informing someone that I had deleted the spam unread. "These were not bounce-back e-mails that I received in my Inbox because someone else received spam with my e-mail forged in the header. These were e-mails that were about to be sent from my Outbox when I caught them. "I do not preview e-mails to avoid web bots. This is something else. A spammer has figured out a way to cause Outlook to generate a return receipt (and to not notify me that it is doing so) despite the fact that I have my Outlook Tracing Options set to never send return receipts." Does anyone know what Outlook 2000 would send a read receipt when it is configured not to do so? |
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"mcp6453" wrote in message
... Here is a problem posted by a colleague who uses Outlook 2000: "I received spam, which I then deleted. As soon as I deleted them, e-mails appeared in my Outbox informing someone that I had deleted the spam unread. "These were not bounce-back e-mails that I received in my Inbox because someone else received spam with my e-mail forged in the header. These were e-mails that were about to be sent from my Outbox when I caught them. "I do not preview e-mails to avoid web bots. This is something else. A spammer has figured out a way to cause Outlook to generate a return receipt (and to not notify me that it is doing so) despite the fact that I have my Outlook Tracing Options set to never send return receipts." Does anyone know what Outlook 2000 would send a read receipt when it is configured not to do so? Ask your "friend" if they have Security configured in Outlook to use the Restricted Sites security zone (and that the zone is set to its High level). Also ask your friend if they have bothered to get the latest Office service pack and if they have visited Windows Update. By the way, your "friend" is infected. If tracking is set to disabled for responding to requests for read receipts, the e-mail can't do anything about that - but an add-on or COM plug-in could. You might to ask your friend as to how they know there is an item sitting in their Outbox. Read receipts are not shown (i.e., they are hidden). You have to use something like OutlookSpy to drill into the message store to see the hidden items in the Outbox. -- __________________________________________________ Post replies to the newsgroup. Share with others. For e-mail: Remove "NIX" and add "#VN" to Subject. __________________________________________________ |
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Vanguard wrote:
"mcp6453" wrote in message ... Here is a problem posted by a colleague who uses Outlook 2000: "I received spam, which I then deleted. As soon as I deleted them, e-mails appeared in my Outbox informing someone that I had deleted the spam unread. "These were not bounce-back e-mails that I received in my Inbox because someone else received spam with my e-mail forged in the header. These were e-mails that were about to be sent from my Outbox when I caught them. "I do not preview e-mails to avoid web bots. This is something else. A spammer has figured out a way to cause Outlook to generate a return receipt (and to not notify me that it is doing so) despite the fact that I have my Outlook Tracing Options set to never send return receipts." Does anyone know what Outlook 2000 would send a read receipt when it is configured not to do so? Ask your "friend" if they have Security configured in Outlook to use the Restricted Sites security zone (and that the zone is set to its High level). Also ask your friend if they have bothered to get the latest Office service pack and if they have visited Windows Update. By the way, your "friend" is infected. If tracking is set to disabled for responding to requests for read receipts, the e-mail can't do anything about that - but an add-on or COM plug-in could. You might to ask your friend as to how they know there is an item sitting in their Outbox. Read receipts are not shown (i.e., they are hidden). You have to use something like OutlookSpy to drill into the message store to see the hidden items in the Outbox. I will forward your response to him as I don't know the answers to your questions, although I'm sure he is up to date on his service packs. He knows the messages are in his Outbox because he saw them appear when he deleted the messages that triggered the responses. Thanks for the input. I, too, think he's infected. |
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