On 26 Mar 2005 at 17:30, Jim Anno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been using K9 with OE for several months now since first hearing about
> it on this list. It seems to work quite well except for one particular kind
> of spam. I did some research on my question of "Why do I get mail that is
> not addressed to me?" and found that it is most likely that the spammer has
> put my address (along with many others) in the BCC box.
Or more likely, it sends it directly to the address by putting your
address directly in the SMTP header.
> I've looked all over in K9 and OE to find a way to filter such messages, but
> can't find any way to do it. Is there a way to see the BCC box contents?
Normally, (ignoring a bug in OE which has a fix), the BCC header is kept
only on the local copy of the message. It is not included in the header of
the message distributed outside the sending computer. Yet, the addresses
appearing in the BCC header are included in the SMTP header, which
encloses the message itself. Those addresses must include a valid address
of yours, otherwise it will not reach your mailbox. Out of those
addresses, the copy of the message arriving at your mailbox, will no
longer include all addresses, and besides, the SMTP headers are not kept
with the message when it lands on your mailbox.
Likely that the only way is to use a filter which includes the condition
that your e-mail address appears in the To or CC (which are both apparent
in the header of the received message).
> I
> guess that would kind of defeat the purpose of "Blind" CC. If I could just
> filter anything sent to me with my name in the BCC it could solve the
> problem. Any help appreciated.
Uzi
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