I've been getting alot of "Returned Mail" and "Failure Notice" emails in my Outlook Express account

Question

but I don't recognise any of the names I supposedly sent emails to! I'm afraid it's spyware or a virus or something waiting to happen, but can you delete from Outlook without opening them?

Answer 1

You can just delete the messages when you see them in your Inbox.

Probably what's happening is that some spam-bot someplace is sending out messages and forging your e-mail address as the return address. Occasionally, one of them bounces, and the server at the other end sends a notice back to the address where it THINKS the message came from ... and thanks to the spammer's forging efforts, YOUR address is where the server thinks it came from. Stinks, doesn't it? :-)

At any rate, if you don't recognize the user/domain name where these messages are coming from, it won't do any harm to delete them.

Answer 2

Most of the Outlook Express error messages are due to problems with the internet connection, not the software on your computer.
More details with the solution is available at http://errors.in/outlookexpress.html

Answer 3

It may be spam. The spam may be spread through many ways…! Sometimes spam may be due to viruses or spyware. Many hours are wasted due to spam email. However, by taking simple precautions while giving out your email and installing updated free software, you can prevent spam. More info available at
http://fixit.in/stopspam.html

Answer 4

There's been a rash of spam sent out pretending to be failure notices in the past week. Just ignore them.

Answer 5

check contacts, properties. may be you will find before the name
"mailto" if so,deletit(only the word "mailto.