In a 28 minute span today, I received 10 messages with the above subject 
from me to me with this message:

"This is an e-mail message sent automatically by Microsoft Outlook's Account 
Manager while testing the settings for your POP3 account."

I use Outlook Express 6 w/ WinXP Home SP3, and I do have Word and Excel 2003 
installed, but not Outlook. I did at one time to test out MAPILAB, an NNTP 
newsreader, but they were both uninstalled about 6 months ago. I have 
scanned for malware of all sorts and came up clean.
Any idea why this might have occurred? This is the first time I have 
received this message other than when OL was first installed, and then it 
was only one message, not ten.

TIA,
SC Tom

So you uninstalled Outlook about 6 months ago? Did automatic updates install 
any updates recently?

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"SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message 
news:umu$oWwaKHA.5544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> In a 28 minute span today, I received 10 messages with the above subject 
> from me to me with this message:
>
> "This is an e-mail message sent automatically by Microsoft Outlook's 
> Account Manager while testing the settings for your POP3 account."
>
> I use Outlook Express 6 w/ WinXP Home SP3, and I do have Word and Excel 
> 2003 installed, but not Outlook. I did at one time to test out MAPILAB, an 
> NNTP newsreader, but they were both uninstalled about 6 months ago. I have 
> scanned for malware of all sorts and came up clean.
> Any idea why this might have occurred? This is the first time I have 
> received this message other than when OL was first installed, and then it 
> was only one message, not ten.
>
> TIA,
> SC Tom
> 

The most recent was on 11/11/09: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975958
Preceded by 10/14: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973705
and 09/28: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943649

No other Outlook-specific ones, just Office 2003 updates.

Thanks,
SC Tom


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlookmvp@msn.com> wrote in message 
news:76087625-E68E-4D88-AA96-2ADC76F2E4C8@microsoft.com...
> So you uninstalled Outlook about 6 months ago? Did automatic updates 
> install any updates recently?
>
> -- 
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net
>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>
> Poll: What version of Outlook do you use?
> http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072
>
>
> "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message 
> news:umu$oWwaKHA.5544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> In a 28 minute span today, I received 10 messages with the above subject 
>> from me to me with this message:
>>
>> "This is an e-mail message sent automatically by Microsoft Outlook's 
>> Account Manager while testing the settings for your POP3 account."
>>
>> I use Outlook Express 6 w/ WinXP Home SP3, and I do have Word and Excel 
>> 2003 installed, but not Outlook. I did at one time to test out MAPILAB, 
>> an NNTP newsreader, but they were both uninstalled about 6 months ago. I 
>> have scanned for malware of all sorts and came up clean.
>> Any idea why this might have occurred? This is the first time I have 
>> received this message other than when OL was first installed, and then it 
>> was only one message, not ten.
>>
>> TIA,
>> SC Tom
>>