Keep receiving emails with no subject and no sender!?

[al3000]

Just recently I have been getting a few emails (in Mail), where there is nothing in the sender box, no subject, and just some random text in the main part of the email saying something like 'hi'. How can this happen, and is there any way to find out who sent them?

 

[iMeowbot]

Good day, commander! The messages are originating from addresses all over the place, so presumably there is some kind of worm at play out there.

 

[Applespider]

Best bet is a PC owning friend of yours who you know has your email address and who you know isn't too hot on their PC security...

 

[ScottB]

I don't think you can work out who their from, your mail provider may be having problems. Either that, or if your on a large local network somebody may be playing a reeeaall lame joke on you. If this happened to me I would just set them a Junk and not take any notice. Daym spam!

 

[iMeowbot]

The recipient addresses I'm seeing for these tell me that the malware is getting addresses from mailing list or Usenet archives, probably Google (searching for other archives, they do mask their own unless you prove you're a human).

 

[al3000]

I can't reply, as there is no email address to reply back to, and i'm not on a network either

Oh well guess it's just one of those things! Thanks anyway for your help.

 

[iSaint]

you have just entered

...the twilight zone

doo doo doo doo!

 

[iShane]

Haha. My dad's emails come to my mom's name and we can't figure out why.