Do I have a Virus?

[Darrin Chandler]

Mark Phillips wrote:

>I have a domain that is due to be renewed next week. I have not used the 
>domain for anything. As of two days ago, I am getting hundreds of email 
>failure notices for names that I don't know using this domain. Such as 
>KarenStrumps at allonthego.com.
>
>I added an example below.
>
>What does this mean? What can I do about it?
>
>Thanks
>  
>

The headers indicate that the bad mail in question originated from 
chello.fr, so it's not coming from your computer or domain. They're 
using your domain name, so that they have a valid sender but don't have 
to accept the bounces. Instead, you get them.

About the only thing you can do is to change your mail config to not 
accept unknown/wildcard addresses. If GoDaddy/zoneedit.com/whoever is 
handling your email for this domain then take the problem to them and 
they should be able to stop this for you. Note that it'll still be 
happening, you just won't be getting the bounced mail addressed to 
KarenStrumps@, MontyGarza@ or whatever.

Anybody else have any ideas?

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