Oh, ok thanks. Devon.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tod Fitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SIMS Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:47 PM Subject: Re: Email addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] arriving in [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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]> > ############################################################# 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]>
