miss addressed mail

[Mike Witt]

It seems to me like I've had this happen too. See comments
below ...

> The following is a mail header from from a miss addressed mail I received.
> The
> To: is "kent sykes <ibalycejaynew at attbi.com>. This is not for me. I am at
> r.godzilla at comcast.net. Why am I receving this mail?
> I would like to stop such mails. Is there anyway to do this? I would
> appreciate any help you can give me to prevent such mails?
>
> Return-Path: draice at pammy.com
> Return-Path: <draice at pammy.com>
> Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
> 	by localhost.localdomain (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iA3MQ439007547
> 	for <rmiles at localhost>; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:26:04 -0800
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm assuming that 'rmiles' is not an alias for you, right?
AFAIK, the "for" line (like the line above) is the only indication
of (for example) a BCCed msg. I've gotten mail which this for
line was NOT to any alias of mine. I don't know how this happens.

I would really be curious if someone could comment on whether
it's possible for someone to get a message to you without ANY
visible indication of who it's for in the header.

It's possible to see sendmail delivering me the message by
looking in /var/log/maillog, but still no visible indication
of WHY it comes to me.

-Mike