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Hide My Email: receiving (spam) mails on addresses that don't exist (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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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?

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[–] elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are probably right, but what's confusing me is I don't own the address that is receiving the mails. Say my address is a_name@icloud.com, but the receiving address is juenr5idsnw@icloud.com.

Is there any reason I am receiving emails to this address?

P.S. the receiving address is always different, always @icloud.com

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A bcc is a Blind Carbon Copy - so it means that anyone in that field is an invisible recipient.

So i send an email with the following addresses

To: me@me.com.
Bcc: five billion other addresses

Due to how the BCC field obscures email addresses written i it, any recipients will only see the email address in the To field - their own is hidden. So it looks like you're receiving an email addressed to someone else