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
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>
----------
Subject line: Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: idbr.o: host not found)
----------
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