Yes, I've been having this problem, i.e., mail returned or not being able to be delivered--to places to which I've never sent mail. My returns aren' t from blind sources, though, or lists, though a couple have been from topica.com. They've been from addresses of which I've never heard, some from Germany. They go into the Bulk mail, which I could ignore, except that every once in a while something gets put in there that doesn't belong, so I always check my Bulk mail. Cindy --- Sarah Van Oosterwijck <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry this is off topic, but I am wondering if > anyone else has this > problem, or maybe is being annoyed with faked > messages from me. > > Someone or some people I have written to must have a > virus because I am > being driven completely crazy by messages saying my > E-mail could not be > delivered or could not be posted to a list because I > am not a member. > The problem is with two out of my three E-mail > addresses. I have done a > huge amount of checking of my computer just in case, > but I didn't think > it was me, and the messages returned from addresses > I have never used > seems to confirm my opinion. Quite a lot of the > returned mail went to > various blindness related list serves, so that also > narrows down the > possible causer(s). > I suggest everyone do some checking with a virus > scanner, a spyware > detector, and if possible a good firewall program > that warns of attempts > by any program to access the Internet without > permission. > > I know I am attempting to get along with zone alarm > again, because I've > been collecting a lot of junk lately, and that is > dispite extreme > caussion. > Still there is no way I can stop my current problem > because I can't > really just block all returned mail, because > sometime the message will > be genuine and I'll need to know that my message > didn't get through. > > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:43 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Viruses > > > > The other day I got one of these messages saying > my PayPal account was > > going to be suspended because of suspicious > account activity, and > > please go to the link provided to reactivate it. > I thought it was a > > very conscientious bit of nonsense, especially as > I have no Paypal > > account. > > I'm also amused weekly by the wives and sons of > former African despots > > that feel that I am exactly the right person to > help them in moving > > and investing the funds their now dead patron > managed to embezzle from > > his government. In reflection, I now wonder at my > own character as > > they seem to believe I am the exact person to help > them in their > > duplicity. > > I have to say though, my all time favorite for > this type of > > potentially destructive e-mail is the one that > circulates every 2 or 3 > > years, and I can only describe it as a > do-it-yourself virus, or maybe > > we should start a new category for this one and I > think prion would be > > better suited, as it has more in common with Mad > Cow Disease rather > > than the flu. The message reports a virus that > has been circulated, > > and it encourages you to check your hard drive for > a couple of files > > which you should delete if you find them. The > files in fact, have > > nothing to do with a virus, and are Windows system > files. The success > > of this type of message just shows the trusting > nature, or perhaps > > gullibility of some. > > > > Dave > > > > At 01:06 AM 5/19/2005, you wrote: > >>Hi, Cindy. You won't get a response from Yahoo, > either. *smile* > >>They're not > >>known for their responsiveness. Yes, I've gotten > those same messages > >>saying > >>SBC was going to suspend my account. No, they're > not. *smile* They're > >>viruses and also some of them are fishing scams, > trying to get you to > >>go > >>enter your information on a bogus site, so just be > careful, and you'll > >>be > >>fine. *smile* Take care. > >>Julie Morales > >>inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): > >>mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx > >>Skype: mercy0421 > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:39 PM > >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Viruses > >> > >> > >>Thanks, Julie. > >> > >>Peter sent out a warning about the benetech > >>threatening our accounts. I've received one for > Yahoo. > >>I'm assuming it's a virus message like the one > Peter > >>said was being sent from benetech because it went > to > >>my bulk mail and not my regular mail. Surely if > Yahoo > >>was going to suspend my account for some unknown > >>reason they wouldn't put the message in my bulk > mail > >>folder. It doesn make me a bit nervous, though. > I've > >>written to the yahoo administrator or service > person > >>but so far no response. > >> > >>Cindy > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>--- Julie Morales <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>wrote: > >> > >> > Hi, Cindy. There's something about viruses that > >> > everyone needs to know. Just > >> > because an email address seems to come from an > >> > address you think you know > >> > doesn't mean that it really came from that > address, > >> > and more importantly, it > >> > doesn't even mean that person with that address > has > >> > a virus. When someone > >> > gets a virus, that virus attaches itself to any > >> > email addresses it finds on > >> > the computer, and they're able to send out > viruses, > >> > making it look like it > >> > came from any one of those addresses when it > really > >> > didn't. This means that, > >> > even if the address looks familiar, that > doesn't > >> > mean that's the person with > >> > the virus. I hope this made sense. *smile* I've > >> > gotten pretty good at > >> > telling whether something is a virus based on > >> > several things. First, if the > >> > subject line looks strange, I delete it, > attachment > >> > or not. Second, if the > >> > attachment is pretty sizable, I delete it, and > if > >> > the address looks like one > >> > I know and there is an attachment but I'm not > >> > expecting it, I write the > >> > person from within a new, separate message to > find > >> > out if they sent me > >> > something before I opened it. Take care. > >> > Julie Morales > >> > inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): > >> > mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx > >> > Skype: mercy0421 > >> > -- > >> > >>__________________________________________________ > >>Do You Yahoo!? > >>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >>http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - > Release Date: 5/19/2005 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - > Release Date: 5/19/2005 > > > Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html