Re: Strange One -Undeliverable: VIRUS (Worm.SomeFool.P) IN MAIL FROM Y

From: Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP] (ben_winzenz_at_NOSPAMdotmessageonedotcom)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:33:41 -0600

A virus on some other computer (not in your domain) that spoofs the sender
address. It's quite common, actually. There are plenty of viruses out
there that included their own SMTP engine, and have the ability to search
lots of places on your computer for addresses to send to and to pick the
>From address.

Nothing you can do about this except ignore it. 

-- 
Ben Winzenz
Exchange MVP
"Tonton" <Tonton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:20B87DE1-B68B-4252-BD19-7FD971CC4FC5@microsoft.com...
> Help  !!
>
> This is a tough nut to crack. One of our user send an email to 3 
> recipients
> all three recipient had received the email. But he had received an email 
> from
> Exchange 2003 saying the following;
>
> "From: System Administrator
> Sent: 24 February 2005 08:01
> To: vfoster@brookway.manchester.sch.uk
> Subject: Undeliverable: VIRUS (Worm.SomeFool.P) IN MAIL FROM YOU
>
> Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
>
>      Subject:  Re: Error in document
>      Sent:     24/2/2005 07:44
>
> The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
>
>      vfoster@brookway.manchester.sch.uk on 24/2/2005 08:01
>            You do not have permission to send to this recipient.  For
> assistance, contact your system administrator.
>            < dhcp-50.webmail.education.manchester.gov.uk #5.7.1 smtp; 550
> 5.7.1 Message content rejected, id=27583-01 - VIRUS: Worm.SomeFool.P>"
>
>
> The user had never send a message to vfoster@brookway.manchester.sch.uk 
> and
> do not know this person.
>
> Anyone has any idea what this is all about.
>
> Any help would be greatfully appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>

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