> Q1. How does this e-mail end up in my mailbox, if the "To:" is someone > else (I am not [EMAIL PROTECTED])
It's a relic from the days when there were about 8 computers on the Internet, and you personally knew the administrator of each of them. (I'm exaggerating, but only slightly.) There's "envelope" information, and "data" information. Think of it like an actual letter in an envelope. I can write whatever I want on the outside of the envelope, and it doesn't have to match the letter inside. It looks like this: Connecting... << 220 mail.example.com ESMTP >> HELO mail.local << 250 Ok >> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> << 250 Ok >> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> << 250 Ok >> DATA << 354 Enter body of message, single . to quit >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Impress your cabinet with a harder, longer joint chief of staff! >> >> Jim-bob Billy-joe, >> >> The Federal Reserve Bank is performing a security audit, and we need >> you to verify your social security number or you will lose your FDIC >> insurance! >> . You get the idea... (got a little carried away, there)
