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18. The original To field

Wed Apr 15, 2020, 11:17 PM

Apr 2020

I mean the address that the daemon was attempting to deliver to .. not yours. It should tell you that it failed trying to deliver to "foobar@somehost" and that it was rejected as likely spam. If that address is one you know, then it's possible your contact list was breached. But more often, it's some random address you've never heard of and it's just all forged.

Yeah, I feel sorta responsible for the email headaches of today. I was around in the very early days of the Arpanet and noticed that email wasn't secure back then. But .. those were also the days before public-key-encryption had appeared so real distributed security (that we need here) was a bit of a pipe dream.

Now it's time for email to be killed off and be replaced with something secure.

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Problem with supposedly bounced emails I've never sent. [View all] Frustratedlady Apr 2020 OP

Email is trivially forged CloudWatcher Apr 2020 #1

What is the purpose? I don't understand why they would do this if no $$s were involved. I hope!!! Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #5

Spam filters CloudWatcher Apr 2020 #13

Yes, I get those calls every day. Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #15

National Do Not Call Registry CloudWatcher Apr 2020 #17

That works for a short time, then we're back to calls again. Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #19

You could have picked up canetoad Apr 2020 #2

Yes, I have run a malware scan with nothing found. Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #6

Another possibility canetoad Apr 2020 #9

Hmmm! This is the first time I've run into this problem. Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #10

Check the 'To' address CloudWatcher Apr 2020 #14

No, they are using my address. Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #16

The original To field CloudWatcher Apr 2020 #18

Yes. The example I posted was... Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #20

Perhaps someone has spoofed your email address as origination of their spam operation. cayugafalls Apr 2020 #3

I haven't opened any until tonight when curiosity killed the cat. Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #7

See if changing your password to your email account helps. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #4

I will do so. Thanks! Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #8

It's a classic trick. If you respond in any way, they know a live human is on the other end. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #11

I have not responded to any of them, nor have I opened any except a couple Daemons. Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #12