Hello all,

My Outlook is sending hidden messages (as indicated by the status bar) when I don't have any, or sometimes one message, in my Outbox. They shouldn't be read receipts from legitimate Email, because I usually haven't opened any mail that contains receipt requests (I get VERY little mail from unknown sources, so I would know). I first noticed this when sending one piece of mail, and the status bar said sending 1 of 2 messages. Sometimes when I send one message it will start with "Sending message 2 of 3," then go to 3 of 3, and only then do the one message I am actually sending, which is 1 of 3. I can tell which message is the one I am intentionally sending by the fact of when it moves from the Outbox folder. No messages ever appear in the Outbox or Sent Items folders, other than the messages I am intentionally sending.

Any opinions on this would be appreciated. I was thinking one of you young computer hackers might have written a patch that forces Outlook to display every single message being sent, whether a receipt or not, in the Outbox folder. Not sure why that wouldn't be a useful anti-spam option for MS to put on Outlook from the factory.

By the by, I really doubt I picked up a virus or tracker with my daily-updated AV software and routine business-only browsing habits, but I suppose you never know..
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