At 02:41 PM 11/27/2001 , Devon wrote: >I'm wondering how would an email addressed so somebody, arrive in another >email address. Someone I know was recently spammed, and the to: address >wasn't even theirs. > >How is someone able to do that?
The address you see in the to field in the header while reading your mail has nothing to do with who the mail was to. All mail servers including SIMS deliver mail based on the "envelope" which is transferred before the email (and header). It is that envelope (that may specify many destination addresses) that is used to forward or deliver the mail. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
