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RBCE2003
11-03-2002, 10:35 PM
Oh I hate that... I just had it all typed out then hit submit and >boom< lost it all!

Here goes, with much less enthusiasm...

Got an email this morning, looked like the type you get when you send an email to a mis-spelled email address... but the thing is I DID NOT send this message... Here is the sender, and the subject line, followed by the body of the email:


from: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@aol.com>
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Subject line: Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: idbr.o: host not found)
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body:

The original message was received at Sun, 3 Nov 2002 04:49:51 -0500 (EST)
from logs-wq.proxy.aol.com [205.188.200.132]


*** ATTENTION ***

Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its
delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section
labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section
labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could
not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a
general translation for other e-mail servers.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail
administrator.

--AOL Postmaster



----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<ealif@idbr.o>

----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 <ealif@idbr.o>... Host unknown (Name server: idbr.o: host not found)

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Me again: The email has an attachment that says "To Audio Clip" and is 101Kb in size.... I did not, nor plan to... open it. Any ideas if this is a virus or hoax... Thanks for reading all this,

RB

Fred
11-03-2002, 10:42 PM
I get those emails and immediately delete them - 9 out of 10 times it is a sales pitch. The virus possibility is also there. My mail is automatically scanned so viruses SHOULD be caught. We all know there are loop holes in all systems.