Error delivery message: But I did not send a message Thread poster: Chantal Kamgne
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Chantal Kamgne 
Canada
Local time: 09:14
Member (2006)
English to French
SITE LOCALIZER
I use a free email service and this is what I found today in my bulk folder (Nothing is changed except the adress and name that I found to be real outsourcer adress and name):
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This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
The original message was received at
from qmail
I'm sorry to inform you that the message you have sent
could not be delivered to one or more destinations.
----- The following ad... See more I use a free email service and this is what I found today in my bulk folder (Nothing is changed except the adress and name that I found to be real outsourcer adress and name):
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This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
The original message was received at
from qmail
I'm sorry to inform you that the message you have sent
could not be delivered to one or more destinations.
----- The following addresses had permanent delivery errors -----
**outsourcer adress**
: (unrecoverable error)
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mail.local: unknown name: **outsourcer name**
550 **outsourcer adress**
: User unknown in virtual mailbox table
Message/delivery-status
Reporting-MTA: dns; mx1.yahoo.com
Received-From-MTA: dns; qmail
Arrival-Date:
Final-Recipient: rfc822; **outsourcer adress**
X-Actual-Recipient: rfc822; **outsourcer adress**
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.1
Last-Attempt-Date:
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 **outsourcer adress**User unknown in
virtual mailbox table
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I found that the outsourcer posted a job offer today, actually not in my working pairs. I did not bid and I did not send him an E-mail, so am I right to say that this message looks like a spam? how do they do this? What do I risk?
[Edited at 2006-08-24 21:10] ▲ Collapse
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Pilar T. Bayle (X)
Local time: 15:14
English to Spanish
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| Sometimes... | Aug 25, 2006 |
I don't know how (I guess, though), but they actually send you messages that look like a returned message originated in your mailbox. The text in the message looks genuine enough, but what gives them away is the header. If you can display it fully, you'll see it probably did not originate from a mailer daemon.
From time to time, I personally receive emails that appear to have originated from bogus accounts in my domain. But it's all a game: display the full header.
The ... See more I don't know how (I guess, though), but they actually send you messages that look like a returned message originated in your mailbox. The text in the message looks genuine enough, but what gives them away is the header. If you can display it fully, you'll see it probably did not originate from a mailer daemon.
From time to time, I personally receive emails that appear to have originated from bogus accounts in my domain. But it's all a game: display the full header.
The only risk you may encounter is that sometimes these emails may carry a virus as an attachment. The tendency is to actually open the attachment to see what you had sent, because that's a very common way of returning undeliverable mails. So do not fall into temptation.
If your provider is semi-decent, the message will be stripped of any viruses attached.
P.
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casey
United States
Local time: 09:14
Member
Japanese to English
Just another way that spammers like to harrass people and another reason why they should all be dragged out into the street and shot.
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Pilar T. Bayle (X)
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| A little bit radical... | Aug 25, 2006 |
Just another way that spammers like to harrass people and another reason why they should all be dragged out into the street and shot.
For something that is a major nuisance but requires no special skills from anyone, just some common sense (DO NOT OPEN anything, get a paid account, etc., etc.)...
 P.
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Uldis Liepkalns
Latvia
Local time: 16:14
Member (2003)
English to Latvian
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Pilar T. Bayle (X)
Local time: 15:14
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Yes, I get lots of these too. They're just spam/e-mails from people trying to get your personal details. Delete them and ignore them!
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Manuel Rossetti (X)
Local time: 14:14
| undeliverable mail | Aug 25, 2006 |
In this old email account that I've abandoned it gets alot of those in the Spam box.
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| Exactly! Spammers! | Aug 27, 2006 |
casey wrote:
Just another way that spammers like to harrass people and another reason why they should all be dragged out into the street and shot.
I totally agree with that. Another way spammers use to attract your attention is to send you an email that appears to be sent by yourself.
Best wishes
Ahmed wadan
http://www.arablish.com/ahmad-wadan.htm
[Edited at 2006-08-27 11:21]
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