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Random Email Receipts! Help
Pythagorous
Posts: 755 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
I have been getting lots of random emails this morning such as:
From: System Administrator
Sent: 08 May 2008 10:44
To:
Subject: Undeliverable: Men's health store
Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
Subject: Men's health store
Sent: 08/05/2008 08:56
The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
3dmarija_a@bhmac.org on 08/05/2008 10:42
The e-mail account does not exist at the organization this message was sent to. Check the e-mail address, or contact the recipient directly to find out the correct address.
<IISEXC.bhmac.org #5.1.1>
I have never sent any emails to any of these addresses
Anyone any idea why I could be getting this?
From: System Administrator
Sent: 08 May 2008 10:44
To:
Subject: Undeliverable: Men's health store
Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
Subject: Men's health store
Sent: 08/05/2008 08:56
The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
3dmarija_a@bhmac.org on 08/05/2008 10:42
The e-mail account does not exist at the organization this message was sent to. Check the e-mail address, or contact the recipient directly to find out the correct address.
<IISEXC.bhmac.org #5.1.1>
I have never sent any emails to any of these addresses
Anyone any idea why I could be getting this?
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Someones' sending out spam email with your address as the 'from' address. So when it gets bounced it comes back to you. Just delete them and ignore them.It's my problem, it's my problem
If I feel the need to hide
And it's my problem if I have no friends
And feel I want to die0 -
Thanks Bill, why on earth would someone be doing that! And how/why would they have chosen to use my email address (its a business email account, so its not like someone could've guessed it randomly!).0
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Well they do it as they don't want people to know who is actually sending the spam and it looks more realistic comeing from a real address.
They've either got yorur email address as it's on a website somewhere or it's been posted in a forum. Or just as likely they've guessed it. Say you're domain is pythagoruus.com, they can just generate random names @pythagorous.com and eventually it will be areal one.It's my problem, it's my problem
If I feel the need to hide
And it's my problem if I have no friends
And feel I want to die0 -
Thanks Bill, appreciate the help0
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BillScarab wrote: »Well they do it as they don't want people to know who is actually sending the spam and it looks more realistic comeing from a real address.
They've either got yorur email address as it's on a website somewhere or it's been posted in a forum. Or just as likely they've guessed it. Say you're domain is pythagoruus.com, they can just generate random names @pythagorous.com and eventually it will be areal one.
Spot on. And there are 10 types of people in the world - those who get binary and those who don't.:DMoney can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy - Spike Milligan.0
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