Postmaster/mailer-daemon Messages From Addresses Not Emailed

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Postmaster/mailer-daemon Messages From Addresses Not Emailed, Postmaster and MAILER-DAEMON issues

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bonnyrig View Member Profile	Apr 22 2007, 05:36 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 26-March 06 Member No.: 61,089	For the past 3-4 weeks I have received 30-40 messages everyday from Postmasters and MAILER-DAEMON informing me that my email to the recipient has been blocked or cannot be delivered. These messages appear to be coming from sites around the world. The issue is that I have not emailed them in the first place. It appears as though somebody has been using my email address I have two email addresses but it is only the @freeserve.co.uk address that is affected. I am loathed to ditch the freeserve address as so many legitimate users use it. Has this email address been hijacked - if so what can be done?

fozzie View Member Profile	Apr 22 2007, 06:35 AM Post #2
aut viam inveniam aut faciam Group: Members Posts: 3,514 Joined: 14-November 06 From: Ossendrecht/The Netherlands Member No.: 95,557	Apparently your email adress has been found by a socalled spambot, some sort internet crawler which scans forums for email adresses and will use it to send out spam. If you want to be sure of malware issues In normal mode, run an online antivirus check from at least two and preferably three of the following sites BitDefender Computer Associates Online Virus Scan Panda's ActiveScan Trend Micro Housecall Windows Live Safety Center Free Online Scan This scanner from Trend does not require an Active X to run. 1. Detects and removes malware ( viruses, worms, trojans, etc. ) 2. Detects and removes grayware and spyware 3. Restores damage caused by malware to your system. 4. Notifies about vulnerabilities in installed programs and connected network services. 5. Multi-platform support for: Windows, Linux, Solaris. 6. Easy-to-use with the Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.[i] -------------------- Free antivirus : AVG Free Free Anti-spyware AVG Anti Spyware Free Firewall :Zone Alarm Ccleaner Ad aware & Manual SpybotS&D&Manual Free Handy programs

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