Getting Rid of Thousands of Duplicate Messages...Help! I wrote Yahoo, but got no reply

I have Internet Explorer and, more important, Yahoo E-mail. Lately I'm
getting thousands of duplicate messages, most beginning with Mail
Delivery Subsystem and they all look like this:

The original message was received at Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:03:27 -0400
(EDT)
from ms-mss-02-smtp-a [10.10.4.11]

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<>
(reason: 550 We would love to have gotten this email to
. But, your recipient never logged... super
features offered by AIM Mail. And by the way, they're also missing out
on your email. Thanks.)
<>
(reason: 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND)
<>
(reason: 550 We would love to have gotten this email to
. But, your recipient never logged ont... super
features offered by AIM Mail. And by the way, they're also missing out
on your email. Thanks.)
<>
(reason: 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND)
<>
(reason: 550 We would love to have gotten this email to
. But, your recipient never logged onto... super
features offered by AIM Mail. And by the way, they're also missing out
on your email. Thanks.)
<>
(reason: 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND)
<>
(reason: 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
.... while talking to mailin-01.mx.aol.com.:
>>> RCPT To:<>
<<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND
550 5.1.1 <>... User unknown
>>> RCPT To:<>
<<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND
550 5.1.1 <>... User unknown
>>> RCPT To:<>
<<< 550 We would love to have gotten this email to .
But, your recipient never logged onto their free AIM Mail account.
Please contact them and let them know that they're missing out on all
the super features offered by AIM Mail. And by the way, they're also
missing out on your email. Thanks.
550 5.1.1 <>... User unknown
>>> RCPT To:<>
<<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND
550 5.1.1 <>... User unknown
>>> RCPT To:<>
<<< 550 We would love to have gotten this email to .
But, your recipient never logged onto their free AIM Mail account.
Please contact them and let them know that they're missing out on all
the super features offered by AIM Mail. And by the way, they're also
missing out on your email. Thanks.
550 5.1.1 <>... User unknown
>>> RCPT To:<>
<<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND
550 5.1.1 <>... User unknown
>>> RCPT To:<>
<<< 550 We would love to have gotten this email to
. But, your recipient never logged onto their free
AIM Mail account. Please contact them and let them know that they're
missing out on all the super features offered by AIM Mail. And by the
way, they're also missing out on your email. Thanks.
550 5.1.1 <>... User unknown


-----Inline Message Follows-----


Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:03:26 -0800
From:
Subject: Larisa Contact

wrote:

> I have Internet Explorer and, more important, Yahoo E-mail. Lately I'm
> getting thousands of duplicate messages, most beginning with Mail
> Delivery Subsystem and they all look like this:

This is simply back-wash from undeliverable spam, originally sent using your
e-mail address fraudulently as the "From" address. Therefore all
non-delivery messages are sent back to you. There is very little you can do
to stop this happening, apart from closing your e-mail account and opening
another with a different address, or using a smarter spam filter.

By the way, your post was off-topic for this newsgroup, which is concerned
only with the Windows Update feature.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]

Robin Walker [MVP] wrote:
>
> By the way, your post was off-topic for this newsgroup, which is concerned
> only with the Windows Update feature.
>

Grab the hoods and the noose, an off topic poster has sneaked in!

Alias

How does this pertain to Windows Update, please?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

wrote:
> I have Internet Explorer and, more important, Yahoo E-mail. Lately I'm
> getting thousands of duplicate messages, most beginning with Mail
> Delivery Subsystem and they all look like this:
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