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Re: [LUG] Junk emails from myself???

 

On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 10:39:33AM +0100, barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 07/06/16 10:00, Tom wrote:
> > On 07/06/16 08:35, barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > Like most people using a computer I get plenty of rubbish emails,
> > > which are automatically sent to the junk folder. Tiresome and boring,
> > > but what can anyone do?
> > > 
> > > I notice that some of them show the sender as me. That is, it seems
> > > that I have sent those particular mails to myself. Strange. I am just
> > > wondering what possible purpose could be achieved by that. Why would
> > > anyone send me an email which appears as though I had sent it to myself?
> > > 
> > > Just wondering,
> > > 
> > > Neil
> > > 
> > > 
> > Its either stupidity or more likely just a way to get it passed your
> > spam filters.
> > Tom te tom te tom
> > 
> Which still seems rather pointless to me.
> 
Well its certainly easy to block...

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