Mail delivery failure messages for email I have not sent to contacts I do not know.

I am receiving Mail delivery failure messages for emails I have not sent; they are addressed to contacts I've never heard of, many different. Apparently, this is some kind of spam but I don't know what to do about it.

There is nothing you can do about it. It will stop at some point.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_%28email%29

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TS3276 Mail Delivery Failure Msgs for emails I Never Sent

On Feb 7 I received 37 Mail Delivery Failure messages, but I never sent any of these emails. I was not even on my Time Warner email account that day. This is a recurring issue. Any suggestions?

Potential Spam. I would also change my e-mail password just in case your account has been hacked.
http://blog.onlymyemail.com/delivery-status-notification-failure-virus/

I'm getting mail delivery failure notifications quoting email addresses I don't recognize. Is someone using my server identity?

Hi. I've been getting several email delivery failure notifications recently. I don't recognize the email addresses quoted. Is it possible that someone has hacked into my mail account?

Either that, or someone is forging your reply address on mail that wasn't sent from your account at all. To tell the difference, you would have to log into your mail account on the Web and check for unusual activity.

TS3276 I keep getting the following mail delivery failure message when trying to reply to a friend..Why is this happening?

This message was created automatically by the mail system (ecelerity).
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
@sdportraits.com (after RCPT TO): 550-"JunkMail rejected -mail.rr.com [75.180.132.120]:43158 is in
550 an RBL, see Blocked - see http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?75.180.132.120"
Arrival-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:12:11 +0000
Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.rr.com
Status: 5.0.0
Final-Recipient: rfc822; sdportraits.com
Last-Attempt-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:12:11 +0000
Remote-MTA: dns; sdportraits.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550-"JunkMail rejected - mail.rr.com [7
550 an RBL, see Blocked - see http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?7"
Action: failed
------ This is a copy of the original message, including all headers. ------
Return-Path: @nc.rr.com>
Authentication-Results: cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [email protected]; auth=pass (PLAIN)
X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=UpLhxpMB c=1 sm=0 a=0EiFh6sywQ5EF7Hb/+S++A==:17 a=OtvAdlGnOuIA:10 a=05ChyHeVI94A:10 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=Z5VUSR2QnUUA:10 a=lqCVhemvAAAA:8 a=HRve0HXY5yZ5G0cI08kA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=P3bo_m8oudUA:10 a=HnByrZ_zorIA:10 a=Ha6NLxkWqnEA:10 a=j3Raj4iT6yxAqOfbpNAA:9 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 a=0EiFh6sywQ5EF7Hb/+S++A==:117
X-Cloudmark-Score: 0
X-Authenticated-User: @nc.rr.com
X-Originating-IP:
          by .mail.rr.com (envelope-from @nc.rr.com>)
          (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTPA
          id 1B/6C-07922-A58B6825; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:12:11 +0000
Subject: Re: Card Layout
References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
From: Tracy Gannfors @nc.rr.com>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
          boundary=Apple-Mail-541F4D2F-7BB4-4F7E-BC8F-980A6ABD3732
X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10A405)
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0)
--Apple-Mail-541F4D2F-7BB4-4F7E-BC8F-980A6ABD3732
Content-Type: text/plain;
          charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<Email Edited by Host>

tg -- It looks like your message is on a "block" list, or has appeared as spam to the ISP.
You have accidentally posted both your email address, and the recipient's address here. I'm going to ask the Hosts to edited them out for your protection.

Delivery failure report for mail

Hi,
I have two queries on mails
While sending mail to single/multiple users,
1. Is it possible to get the delivery failure report for the unsent mails and the user to whom it was not posted?
2.Can the sent mail be posted to the sender's sent mailbox.
Thanks
Neha

Hi Neha,
1) If you set up an account for xMII on your mail server, then you should be able to use the "Read Mail" action to monitor that account's inbox for any delivery failure reports. You should then be able to parse the format of the message (which depends on your mail server) and retrieve the email address.
2) I don't think this can be done because it's something that your email client (e.g. Outlook) normally takes care of and is not supported in the SMTP protocol to my knowledge.
Hope this helps
Sascha

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I've recently started getting returned mail messages for emails I did not send. Why is this happening and how can I stop it?

cadillacjoe69 wrote:
That might be tough to do. Is there a rule I can use to help. The mail messages are so varied.
I'd look at the headers (View -> Message -> Long Headers) to see if there's anything in common, then try to create a rule based on that.
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Hello,
Is it possible to create a rule in the Groupwise client, that when a message bounce back (mail delivery failure) from our relay provider, that the email will be forwarded to an internal recipient.
At the moment I cant get it to work. Moving that bounced email to a folder in Groupwise does work.

Originally Posted by laurabuckley
Hi,
I've just created a rule to test the above scenario and have built the rule as follows:
When new mail is received and subject contains "mail delivery failure"
then
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then
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End Rule Processing
I've tested the above rule and it works perfectly on my GW8.0.2HP2 system with GW8.0.2HP3 client.
Perhaps post more details of your rule here and we can assist you with troubleshooting it.
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Richard.

Welcome to the Apple community.
If you are unable to remember your password, security questions, don’t have access to your rescue address or are unable to reset your password for whatever reason, your only option is to contact Apple ID Support, upon speaking to an operator you should explain that your problem is related to your Apple ID, this way you will not be charged for assistance, even if you don’t have an AppleCare plan.
The operator will take you through some steps you may have already tried, however they need to be sure they have exhausted all usual approaches before trying to reset your account, so you should try to be helpful and show patience with the procedure.
The operator will need to verify they are speaking to the account holder and may ask you some questions that only the account holder could know, and you will need to answer them if the process is to proceed.
Once the operator has verified your identity they will send a message through to your device which contains an alpha numeric code, which you will need to read back to them.
Once this has been completed they will send an email to your iCloud email address after a period of 24 hours, so you should check that mail is enabled in your devices iCloud settings.
Upon receipt of the email, use the reset link provided to reset your password, after which you should be able to make the adjustments to iCloud that you wish to do.

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Does anyone know why my iMessage keeps giving a "delivery failure" message ever since I downloaded the lasted iOS ?

Sometimes, all that you need to do is to close the app and reset the iPad. I would start with that.
To close apps in iOS 5 or iOS 6 -Tap the home button once. Then tap the home button twice and the recents tray will appear at the bottom of the screen. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner of the app that you want to close. Tap the home button twice.
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Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

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I am receiving at least 50 emails everyday from:
Mail Delivery System <[email protected]>
Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender
However, I NEVER sent eamils to the email addresses that they are bounce back from!!! What can I do to stop this?

Jo-Jo ,
This sounds like your email account has been compromised, someone has used it to send spam emails out, and you are receiving those back.
ASAP change you password for the email account to something different, difficult to guess. Change the Secret Questions and Answers for your account security profile. Run virus/spyware/malware scan on your machines.
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~STA

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