Posted By: breannabreeze
It was sent to an old email address I used to use for business. The creepy part was that sent from email address was the same address it was sent to! It had the basic introduction from my website as the subject and then a bunch of damnation quotes from the bible. I'm kind of hoping I'm not the only one who has gotten an email like this!
First, I wouldn't be concerned that the email appears to come from yourself. It's relatively easy to "spoof" the sender and make it appear to come from anybody. Spammers do this all the time. It's a way for the sender to hide his/her identity. I doubt they actually broke into your old email.
If you look at the "full headers" that can sometimes give you a clue about the real sender. Someone who knows mail headers well might be able to analyze them and figure it out. (I know a bit, but am not an expert).
My guess is that it is some anti-hobby zealot who harvested your email address, along with many others, and sent out a bulk email to all of them, hiding his email address to avoid any retribution. All in the name of "what he believes is right".
I would say don't worry about it, you're one of many, it's an occupational hazard, and just ignore it.
Unless, of course, you can figure out the REAL sender, and want to have some fun with him (evil grin)
"Dr Dave"
I agree with Dr.Dave. The issue is that in our (providers and hobbyist alike) efforts to remain discreet, we all have email accounts from companies that do not screen info very well and are usually free! this is good for our purposes, however it is also good for spammers and spoofers because the companies also do not filter spam and regulate traffic like the bigger ones. i.e. your Comcast or Verizon account would not have this problem.
You get what you pay for...
