I haven’t been able to find any information about this online, so I’m posting it here.

I’ve been receiving emails TO addresses like @icloud.com.

I’ve checked all my hide-my-email aliases (including the archived ones) and I don’t own these addresses so I cannot disable them.

I’m wondering if anyone else has run into this issue?

  • @elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    So although the mail client says it was received by @icloud.com. When inspecting all the headers, I do notice my email popping up in there under Received: fields (I’m not posting the details for privacy reasons).

    I’m not sure why my email client shows me a weird receiver email. But at least now I know what address is getting spammed!

    Cheers!

    • chiisanaA
      2•1 year ago

      Strictly speaking, mail clients can’t show the BCC field — technically they don’t exist on the receiving server, the receiving server only knows what address (yours) to be delivered to — so they only display the typical From, To, and CC fields. It’s one of those quirks of email standard and client implementations, I guess.