random e mail sending without my knowledge

[kangarilla]

We are running windows XP pro.
We have a digital dial up and when i come in in the morning to check my mail
i find i have a lot of undelivered mail which could not be sent.
Some of the mails are being sent at 11-45PM when i'm at home.

Please see an example of the returned mail.

Our email address in the office is: (e-mail address removed)

Reporting-MTA: dns; starfury12.uol.com.br
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 950235000170
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; (e-mail address removed)
Arrival-Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:18:44 -0300 (BRT)

Final-Recipient: rfc822; (e-mail address removed)
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; host mfuol.mail.sys.intranet[172.26.5.123] said:
550 RCPT TO:<[email protected]> User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO command)

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Kind regards

Chris Newby

 

[Brian Tillman]

We are running windows XP pro.
We have a digital dial up and when i come in in the morning to check
my mail i find i have a lot of undelivered mail which could not be
sent.
Some of the mails are being sent at 11-45PM when i'm at home.

No need to post more than once.

The problem is that your address has been hijacked and the spammer using it
is sending messages to many invalid addresses. Since the receiving mail
servers see your address as the sender, you get the bounces. Your machine
most likely has not been compromised.

 

[kangarilla]

Thanks for the response Brian, is there any way of stopping it?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks for the response Brian, is there any way of stopping it?

No, since it's happening on a PC not under your control.

 

[kangarilla]

No, since it's happening on a PC not under your control.
-- Brian Tillman

I am receiving up to 50 returned emails per day from the person who has
spammed my address, and when i emptied the deleted files in outlook it still
showed that there were 342 left.
When i try to delete any old mail i get the messgae " messaging Interface
has returned an unknown error, try and restart outlook if this problem
persists.

I cannot send or receive any mail and get the error codes 0x8004060C & after
trying to repair the settings in outlook the error code has changed to
0x800CCC0D

There is a second PC connected to the network, with this as the server. The
second PC is still abvle to send and receive mail with no problem but i need
to try to resolve this issue.

Have you any suggestions as it appears to have been instigated when i
deleted all the spam files from the deleted items folder.

Help!!!!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am receiving up to 50 returned emails per day from the person who
has spammed my address, and when i emptied the deleted files in
outlook it still showed that there were 342 left.

Left where?

When i try to delete any old mail i get the messgae " messaging
Interface has returned an unknown error, try and restart outlook if
this problem persists.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814441/en-us

I cannot send or receive any mail and get the error codes 0x8004060C
& after trying to repair the settings in outlook the error code has
changed to 0x800CCC0D

<http://www.google.com/search?q=+0x800CCC0D++outlook+-express>

 

[kangarilla]

Left where?


<http://www.google.com/search?q=+0x800CCC0D++outlook+-express>

many thanks again Brian, you must have some information stored inside your
gray matter.

If i could i'd send you a large drink, maybe in a couple of years the way
technology is progressing.

Thankyou

Chris

 

[Brian Tillman]

many thanks again Brian, you must have some information stored inside
your gray matter.

I'm good at finding things.

If i could i'd send you a large drink, maybe in a couple of years the
way technology is progressing.

Beam me up, Scotty.

 

[t turner]

--
thanks for the help TK

I am receiving up to 50 returned emails per day from the person who has
spammed my address, and when i emptied the deleted files in outlook it still
showed that there were 342 left.
When i try to delete any old mail i get the messgae " messaging Interface
has returned an unknown error, try and restart outlook if this problem
persists.

I cannot send or receive any mail and get the error codes 0x8004060C & after
trying to repair the settings in outlook the error code has changed to
0x800CCC0D

There is a second PC connected to the network, with this as the server. The
second PC is still abvle to send and receive mail with no problem but i need
to try to resolve this issue.

Have you any suggestions as it appears to have been instigated when i
deleted all the spam files from the deleted items folder.

Help!!!!