email problem- returned mail messages

[Keith]

I have an email account and for the last day I have received hundreds of messages that say: "Returned mail - see transcripts for details."

The returned mail is from many different addresses and I get one every couple of minutes. In no case are the messages or addresses ones that I have sent.

I use Spybot religiously, and have Kaspersky virus protection. What would cause this? Here is an example of one of the messages:

"The original message was received at Thu, 8 Mar 2012 21:30:05 -0600
from 201-68-4-113.dsl.telesp.net.br [201.68.4.113]

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<[email protected]>
(reason: 571 Delivery not authorized, message refused)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to pbemail.peoplesbank-ms.com.:
>>> DATA
<<< 571 Delivery not authorized, message refused
554 5.5.0 <[email protected]>... Remote protocol error



Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.nightowl.net
Received-From-MTA: DNS; 201-68-4-113.dsl.telesp.net.br
Arrival-Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 21:30:05 -0600

Final-Recipient: RFC822; [email protected]
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: DNS; pbemail.peoplesbank-ms.com
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 571 Delivery not authorized, message refused
Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 21:30:20 -0600


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Subject:
Fwd: Our Microcap Gold Pick of 2012 is......
From:
[email protected]
Date:
3/8/2012 6:32 PM
To:
[email protected]

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[vbironchef]

Change your e-mail password.

[egloeckle]

The important part of the email is:

"The original message was received at Thu, 8 Mar 2012 21:30:05 -0600
from 201-68-4-113.dsl.telesp.net.br [201.68.4.113]

Unless you are in Brazil this is just someone that is using your email address to send email (not your account). Anyone can say they are anyone in email, and when this happens you will get the bounces. Not much you can do about it except wait it out. At work I see this quite often with various customers, it typically only lasts a few days (maybe a week tops) before your email address gets cycled out and they move on to using someone elses.

[Keith]

Thanks both for the tips!

Keith