Are you getting notifications about unreached spam?

Question

Email

I write a message on Yandex.mail, I don’t touch anyone. Suddenly, letters of the nature “Message not delivered” from Ukrainian e-mails begin to pour in, and a lot at once. I immediately changed my password, letters continue to pour in at 3-5 per minute for about twenty minutes, while I send everything to spam. The first came at 14:33, at the moment there are already 158 letters. What could be the reason for this phenomenon, and what to do about it? UPD: spam went not only to Ukrainian addresses. Just got an automatic reply from mozilla.com. UPD 2: Original message headers (torn from one of the emails)

Исходные заголовки сообщения:<br/>
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Received: from [49.254.61.181] (49.254.61.181) by S8-mail.Farmacol.local<br/>
 (192.168.1.8) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.1.436.0; Wed, 8 Jun 2011<br/>
 14:27:29 +0300<br/>
Received: from [168.160.162.72] (account [email protected] HELO<br/>
 mfbdlocgf.vzrflludy.ru) by (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3) with ESMTPA id<br/>
 032371644 for [email protected]; Wed, 8 Jun 2011 20:27:29 +0900<br/>
From: Adolph Lynn &lt;[email protected]&gt;<br/>
To: &lt;[email protected]&gt;, &lt;[email protected]&gt;,<br/>
 &lt;[email protected]&gt;, &lt;[email protected]&gt;,<br/>
 &lt;[email protected]&gt;, &lt;[email protected]&gt;,<br/>
 &lt;[email protected]&gt;, &lt;[email protected]&gt;,<br/>
 &lt;[email protected]&gt;, &lt;[email protected]&gt;<br/>
Subject: =?koi8-r?B?5sXT1MnXwczYIM3B09TF0i3LzMHT08/XOg==?=<br/>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 20:27:29 +0900<br/>
MIME-Version: 1.0<br/>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;koi8-r&quot;<br/>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit<br/>
X-Mailer: vdizqhn-35<br/>
Message-ID: &lt;[email protected]&gt;<br/>
Return-Path: мойадрес@yandex.ru<br/>

UPD 3: Yandex technical support response:

Hello!
Most likely, someone sent out a mailing list with your return address. Now you receive postal receipts for non-delivery of letters. Unfortunately, the worldwide email network is organized in such a way that it is not possible to solve this problem.
It is also possible that this is the result of a virus that uses a fake return address when mailing. In such letters, the contents of the "From:" field are forged, i.e. in fact, they are not sent from your mailbox, but they use your postal address.

PS Already 844 letters.

Answer 1

The reason seems to be obvious: the spam bot indicated your email address as the return address.
Maybe someone decided to play a dirty trick. Or they just randomly specify Return-Path.
To fight, probably, only filters on some headings of the letter.

Answer 2

It seems to me that these are Yandex glitches. Try to write to Yandex support - let them figure it out.

Answer 3

And what about investments?

Answer 4

I have the same on mail.ru, but only 2 letters. Support mail.ru as usual - I write that I didn’t send anything, they answer me “attach the letter that you sent” ble ... >_<

Answer 5

I experienced the same after an angry response to a spammer's proposal to increase ... sales through mailings. It was decided quickly, by redirecting to his workbox. After several thousand letters, he removed my address from the list :)