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I do the alias thing, but I've been getting spam email lately that simply doesn't have my email anywhere within it, and I'm not sure how to deal with it. Hones

by rendaw 4y ago

I do the alias thing, but I've been getting spam email lately that simply doesn't have my email anywhere within it, and I'm not sure how to deal with it. Honestly I'd expect it to be dropped at somewhere in the pipeline, but I can't find an option to deal with it in Thunderbird at the least.

rstuart4133 4y ago
The raw email received almost certainly does have your email in it. Your problem is your client isn't displaying it to you. In fact email has a lot of redundant information in it to administrators debug problems, and just about all of it won't be displayed by your typical email client as it would be confusing to most people. Some clients will display the "raw, as received" email if you ask them too. GMail has a "Show Original" menu item for example. In there, you will find "Received: ... for <XXXXXX@gmail.com>". The exact form does vary between systems, but it's almost always there.
- rendaw 4y ago
  No, I checked the source and my email didn't appear anywhere.
  - account42 4y ago
    Its up to the receiving mail server to add the RCPT TO and other enveleope information to the delivered mail.
  - rendaw 4y ago
    Well, I can't find the email now and none of the other spam I checked did that. I swear I triple checked, but maybe it was just my imagination.