Email violation??

[Calpitor]

I received an email today and the sender apparently was me? I definitely didn't send it. Has my email account been violated or is it possible to mask your senders name and replace it with the receiver's email address? I have no virus, no spyware, and my firewall doesn't show any unusual activity.

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[shiva_42]

Which ISP, what email client, which OS, etc.?

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[mpc]

What did the email say, was there an attachment? It's possible someone simply forged the address (simple to do..takes 2 seconds), or it's also possible it's Klez on someone elses system.

[This message has been edited by mpc (edited 05-24-2002).]

[Tuttle]

The To: and From: addresses you see in emails mean absolutely nothing with respect to where the emails actually came from or were delivered. Message delivery is handled through the commands that mail clients and servers send to each other, and the To: and From: headers are just lines of text no different to the rest of the email - they're easily forged.