Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me? Sometimes a string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and "public. outlookexpress"

It's called Spam, Marty. You're address is in the BCC field so you can't see it. The only thing OE has to offer is to filter in your mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Marty" wrote in message ...
Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me? Sometimes a string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and "public. outlookexpress"

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 10:19:06 -0500, Marty wrote:

Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me?
Sometimes a string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

Email is delivered to an SMTP "RCPT TO" email address. The POP3 server is
not required to identify this email address. Think of an envelope, and a
secretary who opens mail, discarding the envelope. What you see on the mail
was inside of the envelope. Where the email is delivered is outside of the
envelope.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and
"public. outlookexpress"

....outlookexpress.general would have a broader scope of coverage because,
technically, windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress specifies the versio
of MS Outlook Express included with MS Internet Explorer 6, as opposed to
MS Internet Explorer 5.0, or 5.5.

Generally, if you think a post would be appropriate in two different
groups, you should cross post. You would just add the second newsgroup name
to the "Newsgroups:" field in the compose window.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Okay, I have some familiartiy with message rules but I guess not enough to
get rid of the same sort of problem the originator of this post has.....I am
receiving mail where I am not in the to address and there is a sender in the
from address. The link mentioned filtering on BCC but I see no way of doing
that when I just looked at message rules again.....????
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
It's called Spam, Marty. You're address is in the BCC field so you can't see
it. The only thing OE has to offer is to filter in your mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me? Sometimes a
string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and "public. outlookexpress"

Where the To or CC line contains people
Delete it from server
Click: Contains People
Type in your address | Add | Options. Change to *Does not contain.....*

Now you will not receive any mail if your address is not in the To or CC
field. You will nor receive any BCC mail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Yolanda Martin" wrote in message
news:yx5Gf.22650$sA3.7792@fed1read02...
Okay, I have some familiartiy with message rules but I guess not enough to
get rid of the same sort of problem the originator of this post has.....I
am receiving mail where I am not in the to address and there is a sender
in the from address. The link mentioned filtering on BCC but I see no way
of doing that when I just looked at message rules again.....????
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
It's called Spam, Marty. You're address is in the BCC field so you can't
see it. The only thing OE has to offer is to filter in your mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me? Sometimes a
string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and "public.
outlookexpress"

If you receive any email that you want where you address is in the Bcc
field, create a message rule, where the mail is from ....., Stop processing
more rules.
Put this rule before the To or CC rule.
--
Ron Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Where the To or CC line contains people
Delete it from server
Click: Contains People
Type in your address | Add | Options. Change to *Does not contain.....*

Now you will not receive any mail if your address is not in the To or CC
field. You will nor receive any BCC mail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Yolanda Martin" wrote in message
news:yx5Gf.22650$sA3.7792@fed1read02...
Okay, I have some familiartiy with message rules but I guess not enough
to get rid of the same sort of problem the originator of this post
has.....I am receiving mail where I am not in the to address and there is
a sender in the from address. The link mentioned filtering on BCC but I
see no way of doing that when I just looked at message rules
again.....????
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
It's called Spam, Marty. You're address is in the BCC field so you can't
see it. The only thing OE has to offer is to filter in your mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me? Sometimes a
string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and "public.
outlookexpress"

Good point.

Bruce

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
If you receive any email that you want where you address is in the Bcc
field, create a message rule, where the mail is from ....., Stop
processing more rules.
Put this rule before the To or CC rule.
--
Ron Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Where the To or CC line contains people
Delete it from server
Click: Contains People
Type in your address | Add | Options. Change to *Does not contain.....*

Now you will not receive any mail if your address is not in the To or CC
field. You will nor receive any BCC mail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Yolanda Martin" wrote in message
news:yx5Gf.22650$sA3.7792@fed1read02...
Okay, I have some familiartiy with message rules but I guess not enough
to get rid of the same sort of problem the originator of this post
has.....I am receiving mail where I am not in the to address and there
is a sender in the from address. The link mentioned filtering on BCC
but I see no way of doing that when I just looked at message rules
again.....????
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
It's called Spam, Marty. You're address is in the BCC field so you can't
see it. The only thing OE has to offer is to filter in your mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me? Sometimes
a string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and "public.
outlookexpress"

Can't do that because they keep chaning the from and to fields.....
"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
If you receive any email that you want where you address is in the Bcc
field, create a message rule, where the mail is from ....., Stop
processing more rules.
Put this rule before the To or CC rule.
--
Ron Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Where the To or CC line contains people
Delete it from server
Click: Contains People
Type in your address | Add | Options. Change to *Does not contain.....*

Now you will not receive any mail if your address is not in the To or CC
field. You will nor receive any BCC mail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Yolanda Martin" wrote in message
news:yx5Gf.22650$sA3.7792@fed1read02...
Okay, I have some familiartiy with message rules but I guess not enough
to get rid of the same sort of problem the originator of this post
has.....I am receiving mail where I am not in the to address and there
is a sender in the from address. The link mentioned filtering on BCC
but I see no way of doing that when I just looked at message rules
again.....????
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
It's called Spam, Marty. You're address is in the BCC field so you can't
see it. The only thing OE has to offer is to filter in your mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me? Sometimes
a string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and "public.
outlookexpress"

What Ron is saying is if you get BCC mail from a friend, not a Spammer,
creating this rule will allow BCC from your friend, but not other people.
Your friend isn't going to keep changing the From an To fields.

Where the From line contains people
Stop processing more rules
Click on Contains people and Add the address your good BCC comes from.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Yolanda Martin" wrote in message
news:HC6Gf.22666$sA3.20133@fed1read02...
Can't do that because they keep chaning the from and to fields.....
"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
If you receive any email that you want where you address is in the Bcc
field, create a message rule, where the mail is from ....., Stop
processing more rules.
Put this rule before the To or CC rule.
--
Ron Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Where the To or CC line contains people
Delete it from server
Click: Contains People
Type in your address | Add | Options. Change to *Does not contain.....*

Now you will not receive any mail if your address is not in the To or CC
field. You will nor receive any BCC mail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Yolanda Martin" wrote in message
news:yx5Gf.22650$sA3.7792@fed1read02...
Okay, I have some familiartiy with message rules but I guess not enough
to get rid of the same sort of problem the originator of this post
has.....I am receiving mail where I am not in the to address and there
is a sender in the from address. The link mentioned filtering on BCC
but I see no way of doing that when I just looked at message rules
again.....????
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
It's called Spam, Marty. You're address is in the BCC field so you
can't see it. The only thing OE has to offer is to filter in your mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me? Sometimes
a string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and "public.
outlookexpress"

I just created the rule you suggested, tested it to see that I am receiving
mail where I am in either to or cc and then tested where I was a bcc and the
rule works as intended deleting the where I am a bcc but allowing it to
inbox if I am in to or cc ( and even if a friend does bcc me I don't want
it.......if they try to email me that way and it does go into the delete
they will know not to bcc againother wise I would have to list all friends I
might receive from who would bcc???) I looked for but did not find any OE
ability to bcc and Incredimail doesn't have bcc either but my yahoo.com
mail did and that is how I tested by sending from my yahoo mail to my OE
mail. Thank you so much because I have never utilized the options of the
message rules before now.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What Ron is saying is if you get BCC mail from a friend, not a Spammer,
creating this rule will allow BCC from your friend, but not other people.
Your friend isn't going to keep changing the From an To fields.

Where the From line contains people
Stop processing more rules
Click on Contains people and Add the address your good BCC comes from.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Yolanda Martin" wrote in message
news:HC6Gf.22666$sA3.20133@fed1read02...
Can't do that because they keep chaning the from and to fields.....
"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
If you receive any email that you want where you address is in the Bcc
field, create a message rule, where the mail is from ....., Stop
processing more rules.
Put this rule before the To or CC rule.
--
Ron Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Where the To or CC line contains people
Delete it from server
Click: Contains People
Type in your address | Add | Options. Change to *Does not contain.....*

Now you will not receive any mail if your address is not in the To or
CC field. You will nor receive any BCC mail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Yolanda Martin" wrote in message
news:yx5Gf.22650$sA3.7792@fed1read02...
Okay, I have some familiartiy with message rules but I guess not
enough to get rid of the same sort of problem the originator of this
post has.....I am receiving mail where I am not in the to address and
there is a sender in the from address. The link mentioned filtering
on BCC but I see no way of doing that when I just looked at message
rules again.....????
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
It's called Spam, Marty. You're address is in the BCC field so you
can't see it. The only thing OE has to offer is to filter in your
mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Why do I receive messages addressed to someone other than me?
Sometimes a string of addresses. Can I block those? Thanks.

P.S. What is the difference between this forum and "public.
outlookexpress"