Hi,
This my 1st post to TechRepublic.com … and I need your expertise on the following issue.
I received an e-mail sent to my Yahoo! account from “Nobody” without a subject line, body text and the from field is blank. I clicked on reply to see if I’m missing something but still, the To: field is blank.
Could someone please explain how can this happen AND if I should worry that this message may be a result of a Virus infection in somebody’s else’s system which my email address name is listed in his personnel folder or … IS IT AN ATTEMPT TO HACK MY YAHOO EMAIL ACCOUNT … who knows what else might be sent back to the sender if S/He checked the Read Receipt tracking option.
Following is the message with full header…
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From Nobody Mon Sep 17 17:00:42 2001
X-Apparently-To: xxxxxx@yahoo.com via web13007.mail.yahoo.com; 17 Sep 2001 08:54:32 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from host213-122-5-27.btconnect.com (HELO oemcomputer) (213.122.5.27) by mta546.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Sep 2001 08:54:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:
To: xxxxxxx@yahoo.com
Subject:
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:00:42
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/; charset=”DEFAULT_CHARSET”
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700Content-Length: 0
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I forwarded the message to feedback@yahoo.com, feedback@btconnect.com and abuse@btconnect.com … for their information.
I also changed my password … and I hope I’m not making a joke of myself.
Thanks in advance..
THK