Spam Directed To Wrong E-mail Account?

[nortk]

I'm hoping maybe someone could shed some light on something...

 

I was trying to get to the cause of some of my spam. As I began looking at some of it, I noticed that the recipient of that spam was listed as moms_accountname@****, but it was showing up at my_account@****. I don't get any other mail that was intended for my mom's account...just some of her spam.

 

When I look at the message headers of this spam, I see a line that says

"Envelope-to: my_account@****"

 

Then, later, I see in the same header:

To: <moms_account@****>

 

 

Is the spam I'm getting the result of some razzle-dazzle on the part of the spammer, or is something happening on my server that is wrapping her spam and sending it to me? I wasn't running any extra stuff at the time, such as Spam Assassin.

 

 

I might just need the complete dummies' guide to e-mail headers, so if anyone can teach me a bit, I'd appreciate it.

[TCH-Bruce]

Could be you were listed as a blind Cc which you would not see in the headers. Did the person it was addressed to also get a copy?

[nortk]

Thanks Bruce. That might explain it. I don't know if the spam was received by both her and me, but I did just e-mail her and BCC me, and the resulting header looks very similar to the one I received.

 

I appreciate the idea.