Alan,
When you see the "TO:" in the received junk email and it shows as you
say "ALANSHURGURT@YAHOO" or "ALANSAYSLM@YAHOO" that is one of the many
addresses that email is going to. I'm sure you are aware of the Bcc
command which allows a sender to send an email to a list of people with
the list not visible to anyone else. This is what is happening when you
receive these emails, there are many (possibly dozens, hundreds or
thousands) of email addresses listed in the Bcc that you can't see. Many
of the addresses in the Bcc are from lists with email address (similar
to lists that companies buy to ship unwanted mail to your home) and many
addresses are randomly computer generated. Somewhere in the BCC list
that you can't see, your Yahoo or Hotmail address is listed.
You will notice that you will eventually receive this email twice. I
sent this to the PCSOFT list and Bcc to your YAHOO account but you only
see the "TO" address which is that of the PCSOFT list. Basically this is
what is happening with the junk/spam email you are receiving.
So to answer you question,
<snip>Why can't we get ONLY the e-mails with our correct address
???<snip>
Your correct address is somewhere in the Bcc line that you can't see.
Hope this helps!
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From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of alan smith
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 7:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCSOFT] BAD MAIL
YAHOO & HOTMAIL& AOL are saying that they are proving SPAM blockers, BUT
only on proper mail, not on spam. They don't care what the address is !!
Some examples - -
On Yahoo, I'm ALANSIMTH @YAHOO but I received these examples
ALANSHURGURT@YAHOO ALANSAYSLM@YAHOO , just a few of the many.
And on HOTMAIL, I'm ALSNEWTV@HOTMAIL, and I got some doozies!
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Why can't we get ONLY the e-mails with our correct address ???
I hope that you publish this. I believe that this is happening to a LOT
of people. Many thanks, AL SMITH
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