Sending message 1 of 66... but they're not mine

[derdle]

My outlook is constantly trying to send emails, but they're not mine.
It says "sending message 1 of 66" on the status bar but then the
send/receive box appears and says the send failed. These aren't emails
I've written - I'm presuming they're spoof emails or something similar.
However, I can't find a way to get rid of them. They're not in my
outbox, and I've tried running an anti-spyware program in case there's
some software on my computer generating them. This has been going on
for quite a while now - how can I stop it?

Thanks,
Jennifer

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Sounds like they might be read receipts.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/delete_rr.htm

 

[derdle]

Hi Neo,

This seems to be spot on, I installed outlookspy and there are indeed
66 read receipts in the top level folder. However, when I follow the
instructions I get an error message and it says it can't remove them.
Is there any other way to get rid of them?

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Try taking Outlook offline and try again. (e.g. in Outlook 2003, you can
select File > Work Offline. That will stop the program from trying to send
them every few minutes)