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vanmier
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      01-30-2008
Check the "To" line in the header and see if there is more than one e-mail
address listed. It could be a bot trolling your domain server for active
e-mail accounts.

Vanmier

"Fred" <> wrote in message
news:782a85a0-9e28-4a6c-ad57-...
>I recently received this message for an email I had not sent, yet from
> my domain.
>
> Can anyone tell me what this is about?
>
> "Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER->
>
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <>
> (reason: 550 ... No such user)
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to [192.168.39.16]:
>>>> DATA

> <<< 550 ... No such user
> 550 5.1.1 <>... User
> unknown................."
>
> Fred


 
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Robert Baer
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      01-30-2008
Fred wrote:
> On 29 Jan, 00:53, "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arn...@Arnold.com> wrote:
>
>>"Fred" <fre...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>>news:7d15c745-66ce-4a91-994d-...
>>On 28 Jan, 23:13, "Jeff Strickland" <cr...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>"JTJersey" <J...@aplace.com> wrote in message

>>
>>>news:nbtnj.1453$.. .

>>
>>>>On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:33:31 -0800, Fred wrote:

>>
>>>>>I recently received this message for an email I had not sent, yet from
>>>>>my domain.

>>
>>>>>Can anyone tell me what this is about?

>>
>>>>>"Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAE...@unicc.org>

>>
>>>>>----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
>>>>><malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org>
>>>>>(reason: 550 malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org... No such user)

>>
>>>>>----- Transcript of session follows -----
>>>>>... while talking to [192.168.39.16]:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>DATA
>>>>>
>>>>><<< 550 malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org... No such user 550 5.1.1
>>>>><malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org>... User unknown................."

>>
>>>>>Fred

>>
>>>>It's just telling you that the users address the email was sent to is
>>>>invalid. You probably forwarded an email to someone without striping out
>>>>all the original headers and this particular address is bad.

>>
>>>That's a far rosier outlook than my idea of a virual enhancement.- Hide
>>>quoted text -

>>
>>>- Show quoted text -

>>
>>The Original Author Replys
>>"malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org... No such user "
>>
>>The virus check yielded nothing.
>>
>>I think the computer was writing to the Office for the High Commission
>>for Human Rights.
>>
>>Something has upset it or sombody using this computer or memory stick
>>even, has drafted an email to OHCHR and it was left in the memory
>>somewhere. Something kicked it into life and it was sent when the
>>computer was switched on. Or the OHCHR is a front for a spy network
>>and is reporting on the emails I am sending and something went wrong.
>>Well those are my theories!
>>
>>-------
>>
>>Either your machine is infected (a virus checker can miss it) or someone
>>has your email address in their Contacts, their machine is infected, it's
>>sending out emails using your email address, and it's being retuned to you,
>>when the address is invalid where the email was sent.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>>- Show quoted text -

>
>
> Thankyou - As this was a one off, that must be the explanation.
> Fred

I have seen "message bounce" e-mails similar to this; it is yet
another ploy to get one to respond, and if you do, *WATCH OUT* because
you just opened the floodgates!
Consider them as SPAM; they are forged.

 
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Fred
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      01-31-2008
On 30 Jan, 02:34, Robert Baer <robertb...@localnet.com> wrote:
> Fred wrote:
> > On 29 Jan, 00:53, "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arn...@Arnold.com> wrote:

>
> >>"Fred" <fre...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>
> >>news:7d15c745-66ce-4a91-994d-....
> >>On 28 Jan, 23:13, "Jeff Strickland" <cr...@verizon.net> wrote:

>
> >>>"JTJersey" <J...@aplace.com> wrote in message

>
> >>>news:nbtnj.1453$.. .

>
> >>>>On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:33:31 -0800, Fred wrote:

>
> >>>>>I recently received this message for an email I had not sent, yet from
> >>>>>my domain.

>
> >>>>>Can anyone tell me what this is about?

>
> >>>>>"Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAE...@unicc.org>

>
> >>>>>----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> >>>>><malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org>
> >>>>>(reason: 550 malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org... No such user)

>
> >>>>>----- Transcript of session follows -----
> >>>>>... while talking to [192.168.39.16]:

>
> >>>>>>>>DATA

>
> >>>>><<< 550 malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org... No such user 550 5.1.1
> >>>>><malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org>... User unknown................."

>
> >>>>>Fred

>
> >>>>It's just telling you that the users address the email was sent to is
> >>>>invalid. You probably forwarded an email to someone without striping out
> >>>>all the original headers and this particular address is bad.

>
> >>>That's a far rosier outlook than my idea of a virual enhancement.- Hide
> >>>quoted text -

>
> >>>- Show quoted text -

>
> >>The Original Author Replys
> >>"malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org... No such user "

>
> >>The virus check yielded nothing.

>
> >>I think the computer was writing to the Office for the High Commission
> >>for Human Rights.

>
> >>Something has upset it or sombody using this computer or memory stick
> >>even, has drafted an email to OHCHR and it was left in the memory
> >>somewhere. Something kicked it into life and it was sent when the
> >>computer was switched on. Or the OHCHR is a front for a spy network
> >>and is reporting on the emails I am sending and something went wrong.
> >>Well those are my theories!

>
> >>-------

>
> >>Either your machine is infected (a virus checker *can miss it) or someone
> >>has your email address in their Contacts, their machine *is infected, it's
> >>sending out emails using your email address, and it's being retuned to you,
> >>when the address is invalid where the email was sent.- Hide quoted text -

>
> >>- Show quoted text -

>
> > Thankyou - As this was a one off, that must be the explanation.
> > Fred

>
> * *I have seen "message bounce" e-mails similar to this; it is yet
> another ploy to get one to respond, and if you do, *WATCH OUT* because
> you just opened the floodgates!
> * *Consider them as SPAM; they are forged.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Here is the rest of the message. Ironmail is part of secure
computing. http://www.securecomputing.com/

Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:42:58 +0100
Received: from ([85.140.54.178])
by ironmail1.svc.unicc.org with SMTP id KP-BKA51.165694653;
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:42:27 +0100
Content-Return: allowed
X-Mailer: CME-V6.5.4.3; MSN
Received: (qmail 21321 by uid 813); Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:42:26 +0300
Message-Id: <-
net.ru>
To: <>
Subject: January 76% OFF
From: <>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-esp: ESP<308>=
SHA:<18>
UHA:<6>
ISC:<0>
BAYES:<23>
SenderID:<0>
DKIM:<0>
TS:<160>
SIG:<dOIzxSN1Ahhpo0WoWooLZD8P9l3Jgi9dHyVuxmbqhZVd5 SYyo7wYQMTKPxyi
dgttmSLkv4h7iBuwU1wOYyKRmb69DxprXKdwFxRk-LTLajyWgp9om5hTqPzG
elm7yoLtybblT-yPf3CtKcJ3HHtJ5iOr9vDoI92Nr51U2t5oP8-4rHKYdr1n
gaaR6sjvq9FTPURkJnXios2XkAeaB7BEuPXECffNWvZw7vJlA>
TRU_marketing_spam: <1>
TRU_misc_spam: <0>
TRU_urllinks: <0>
TRU_freehosting: <0>
TRU_money_spam: <0>
TRU_profanity_spam: <0>
TRU_adult_spam: <0>
TRU_legal_spam: <0>
TRU_html_image_spam: <0>
TRU_phish_spam: <0>
TRU_watch_spam: <0>
TRU_embedded_image_spam: <0>
TRU_lotto_spam: <0>
TRU_stock_spam: <0>
URL Real-Time Signatures: <100>
TRU_medical_spam: <0>
TRU_scam_spam: <0>
X-ICC-SPAM-FILTER: SUSPECTED SPAM MAIL

Anybody like to explain this?

Fred
 
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Paul
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      02-01-2008
Fred wrote:

>
> Here is the rest of the message. Ironmail is part of secure
> computing. http://www.securecomputing.com/
>
> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:42:58 +0100
> Received: from ([85.140.54.178])
> by ironmail1.svc.unicc.org with SMTP id KP-BKA51.165694653;
> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:42:27 +0100
> Content-Return: allowed
> X-Mailer: CME-V6.5.4.3; MSN
> Received: (qmail 21321 by uid 813); Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:42:26 +0300
> Message-Id: <-
> net.ru>
> To: <>
> Subject: January 76% OFF
> From: <>
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> X-esp: ESP<308>=
> SHA:<18>
> UHA:<6>
> ISC:<0>
> BAYES:<23>
> SenderID:<0>
> DKIM:<0>
> TS:<160>
> SIG:<dOIzxSN1Ahhpo0WoWooLZD8P9l3Jgi9dHyVuxmbqhZVd5 SYyo7wYQMTKPxyi
> dgttmSLkv4h7iBuwU1wOYyKRmb69DxprXKdwFxRk-LTLajyWgp9om5hTqPzG
> elm7yoLtybblT-yPf3CtKcJ3HHtJ5iOr9vDoI92Nr51U2t5oP8-4rHKYdr1n
> gaaR6sjvq9FTPURkJnXios2XkAeaB7BEuPXECffNWvZw7vJlA>
> TRU_marketing_spam: <1>
> TRU_misc_spam: <0>
> TRU_urllinks: <0>
> TRU_freehosting: <0>
> TRU_money_spam: <0>
> TRU_profanity_spam: <0>
> TRU_adult_spam: <0>
> TRU_legal_spam: <0>
> TRU_html_image_spam: <0>
> TRU_phish_spam: <0>
> TRU_watch_spam: <0>
> TRU_embedded_image_spam: <0>
> TRU_lotto_spam: <0>
> TRU_stock_spam: <0>
> URL Real-Time Signatures: <100>
> TRU_medical_spam: <0>
> TRU_scam_spam: <0>
> X-ICC-SPAM-FILTER: SUSPECTED SPAM MAIL
>
> Anybody like to explain this?
>
> Fred


The mail server appears to be equipped with a spam filter. One
of the techniques used, is mentioned here. Undoubtedly many
techniques are needed, to make the spam filter effective,
as the perpetrators probably have copies of that software
they can test themselves. Only constant tuning of such a tool,
keeps it effective.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_spam_filtering

Just a guess,
Paul
 
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roadriderob
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      02-01-2008
On Jan 31, 7:18 pm, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
> Fred wrote:
>
> > Here is the rest of the message. Ironmail is part of secure
> > computing. http://www.securecomputing.com/

>
> > Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:42:58 +0100
> > Received: from ([85.140.54.178])
> > by ironmail1.svc.unicc.org with SMTP id KP-BKA51.165694653;
> > Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:42:27 +0100
> > Content-Return: allowed
> > X-Mailer: CME-V6.5.4.3; MSN
> > Received: (qmail 21321 by uid 813); Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:42:26 +0300
> > Message-Id: <20080128104226.21323.qm...@ppp85-140-54-178.pppoe.mtu-
> > net.ru>
> > To: <malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org>
> > Subject: January 76% OFF
> > From: <malhotrarmalho...@ohchr.org>
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > X-esp: ESP<308>=
> > SHA:<18>
> > UHA:<6>
> > ISC:<0>
> > BAYES:<23>
> > SenderID:<0>
> > DKIM:<0>
> > TS:<160>
> > SIG:<dOIzxSN1Ahhpo0WoWooLZD8P9l3Jgi9dHyVuxmbqhZVd5 SYyo7wYQMTKPxyi
> > dgttmSLkv4h7iBuwU1wOYyKRmb69DxprXKdwFxRk-LTLajyWgp9om5hTqPzG
> > elm7yoLtybblT-yPf3CtKcJ3HHtJ5iOr9vDoI92Nr51U2t5oP8-4rHKYdr1n
> > gaaR6sjvq9FTPURkJnXios2XkAeaB7BEuPXECffNWvZw7vJlA>
> > TRU_marketing_spam: <1>
> > TRU_misc_spam: <0>
> > TRU_urllinks: <0>
> > TRU_freehosting: <0>
> > TRU_money_spam: <0>
> > TRU_profanity_spam: <0>
> > TRU_adult_spam: <0>
> > TRU_legal_spam: <0>
> > TRU_html_image_spam: <0>
> > TRU_phish_spam: <0>
> > TRU_watch_spam: <0>
> > TRU_embedded_image_spam: <0>
> > TRU_lotto_spam: <0>
> > TRU_stock_spam: <0>
> > URL Real-Time Signatures: <100>
> > TRU_medical_spam: <0>
> > TRU_scam_spam: <0>
> > X-ICC-SPAM-FILTER: SUSPECTED SPAM MAIL

>
> > Anybody like to explain this?

>
> > Fred

>
> The mail server appears to be equipped with a spam filter. One
> of the techniques used, is mentioned here. Undoubtedly many
> techniques are needed, to make the spam filter effective,
> as the perpetrators probably have copies of that software
> they can test themselves. Only constant tuning of such a tool,
> keeps it effective.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_spam_filtering
>
> Just a guess,
> Paul


To the OP (or anyone running Windows) I'd scan for a virus, spyware,
trogen , rootkit etc... if it was a one time thing and you like to
live on the edge ignore it !
 
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