Returned mail undeliverable emails (fakes?)

[stduc]

I am suddenly getting flooded by emails that claim to be returned emails from me that couldn't be delivered.

adaware, spybot, hijackthis & mcafee say my PC is clean.

The emails didn't originate from me.

The address is not one I use - but as my ISP allows generic anything@myusername.myisp.... it is the anything that is incorrect.

I would appreciate advice on the best way to stop these. I am getting over 20 an hour at present and it's doing my head in.

 

[pechenegs]

Yes i would imagine so, just ignore them and delte them, someone has probably targeted you and are hoping you respond, don't, and don't open any, just empty them all out and they should stop.

Also, report this to your ISP and see if they know where they are coming from!

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[sggaunt]

This is similar to another recent thread.
and a problem I have had for a few months.
When I reported this to my ISP, they suggested using named mailboxes. Rather than the generic 'anything@myusername' etc.

So you have me@myusername, mywife@myusername etc where you choose the target name [these are usually known as mailboxes] that way the spammers cannot pass on the random names that you are seeing.

The only problem is that I don't know of any ISP's that provide this for free.
My own gives you 2 free mailboxes if you are on a contract. None at all if you are on free dial up.



Steve [The sane]: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.

 

[stduc]

I think the days of anything@ and catchall are numbered because of these b*st*ards.

Hopefully I have reconfigured my mail filters to block them. Basically by dropping anything not to the xxx@ 's that I use.

I can see no solution to this crap apart from charging for emails - maybe like mobile phones - your ISP gives you a couple of hundred emails free & then charges you a penny each after that?