Re: Email i have not sent

From: Rob (r1_ffc_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/27/03 

Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 19:19:39 +0000 (UTC)

Jim Watt

I,m going to try Pegasus I take it you can't run both on your system I mean
if you
 are sent an email it will go to outlook express or Pegasus but not to both.

"Jim Watt" <jimwatt@aol.no.way> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:10:49 +0000 (UTC), "Rob" <r1_ffc@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >For about four weeks now I have been getting mail returned from mail
> >delivery system to me saying the recipient did not receive this mail. I
have
> >never sent mail to these people. I also now get viruses sent to me with
> >attachments which I instantly delete(about 5 per week).
> >
> >The mail that is suppose to have been sent by me also looks like it has a
> >virus attached.
> >
> >I have run two tests on the Internet tried Norton anti virus, AVG ,Trojan
> >removers all on my system and I can find nothing.
> >
> >When this first started I received a virus in Zip format and what looked
> >like a jpeg at the same time. The zip file was deleted right away but I
> >opened the jpeg. This looked a bit strange I couldn't make out what it
was
> >suppose to be.
> >
> >I use Outlook express with Windows XP professional and also run Zone
Alarm.
> >
> >If anybody can shine some light on this situation I would be most
grateful.
>
> Welcome to the real world;
>
> Many of the recent worms read the address book of the person
> infected and your name was there and is being used to send
> further copies of the worm/virus/whatever to dumbass people
> who assume the mail is from the sender shown.
>
> Learn how to read the full headers and identify which ISP the
> mail has been sent through and ask them to trace the person
> originating it and it will stop.
>
> see:
>
> http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers/headers.html
>
> However, the nature of the internet is such that you will get
> random mails with malevolent attachments and also a
> shitload of junkmail. Particularly to the account you
> used on this message - if its a real one.
>
> If you use outlook express make sure you have updated
> it with the latest security patches from the Microsoft
> website (not any crap sent by email as thats another
> virus) although my choice is to use Pegasus Mail which
> is free and not prone to the problems of the MS junkware.
>
> see:
>
> http://www.pmail.com/
>
>
>
> --
> Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com

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