Today I received 3 e-mails from {removed email address} with the subject 'Delivery Status Notification (Failure) all received at 11:46 A.M.  I did not send any e-mails to the addresses in the notifications and the addresses listed were are known to me.  What is going on and can you help to correct the problem if there is one.  Or has MSN and its components gone haywire?

Illiterateuser:

Today I received 3 e-mails from postmaster@mail.hotmail.com with the subject 'Delivery Status Notification (Failure) all received at 11:46 A.M.  I did not send any e-mails to the addresses in the notifications and the addresses listed were are known to me.  What is going on and can you help to correct the problem if there is one.  Or has MSN and its components gone haywire?

Thanks!

What do you mean by complete message header of the notifications. 

@ Illiterateuser

The full message headers can tell us exactly where the email message in question originated.

To view the full headers of the email you received, right-click the message in the message list and then click "View source."

Dear Sir, When I right click the messages from {removed email address} Delivery Status Notification (Failure) I do not get an option to View Source.  I am thinking that the message list is the list I get when I open up my inbox?  The options I get are: Open, Reply to sender, Reply to all, Forward, Add sender to Address Book, Mark as Unread, Put in Folder, Delete, Block sender, Move to Junk Mail, Report this Junk E-mail to MSN, Show Preview Pane, Show Folder Pane.  Now what do I do?

After reviewing your issue again, I’ve determined that we do not need a copy of the bounce message that you’ve received. Based on the information that you've given, it’s possible that the bounce messages are the result of a forged message (wherein your e-mail address was used in an unsolicited message) or a malware attack. For tips on how to combat malware and prevent the same issue from recurring, refer to our Solution article at:

http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/safety/archive/2009/04/29/recent-reports-of-account-hijacks.aspx 

BTW, yes, the message list is the list that appears when you open your Inbox folder. To see the “View message source” option, you’ll need to right-click the bounce message from the message list and not while its open or displayed on the Reading pane.   

Thank you for letting me know that the message list is what I thought it was.  When I right clicked the messages they were in the message list unopened.  There were not in the reading pane.  I still did not wee the View message source option.  When I type in the site you gave me my computer goes immediately into a search site and that site is not listed there, and it will not open as written as listed.

I checked the link and it is valid.  JYou can just click here to read that article.