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Slack
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 emails from me to me? wtf I've been getting emails from my aol email address to myself at that same address. How the hell is this done and should I be worried someone has access to my computer or something? I don't see anything in my sent mail. Weird.
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Kevlo9
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf What's the subject of the emails?
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Slack
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf today's says
hello, what's up?
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toybotstudios
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf choose carefully when they bust out the red or blue pills.
personally i'm ok living as a battery in denile.
beats a grimey cave in tattered clothes.
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akum6n
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf They're from your future self.
But, no, it is possible for a program to spoof your e-mail address and use the address book on another machine to mass mail the recipients in that address book (both the sending and the 'fake' e-mail address would come from that machine's address book). So it would look like you are e-mailing yourself, but the problem is on another computer entirely (like your friend's computer). Something like that anyway. I've received a few of these and they're basically benign. I've even seen some 'sent' from a deactivated e-mail account.
This goes without saying, but don't open them.
However, if you're getting a ton of bounceback e-mails from other servers, this could mean that someone has compromised your account.
I don't have a tech background to speak of, so maybe someone else here can provide more insight.
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PaulieVinyl
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf sounds a little creepy
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Joe
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf That is truly weird.
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Kevlo9
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf It sounds like someone is spoofing your email. Check out this site... http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html
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mondocoyote
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf I get 4 or 5 emails sent from myself to my mobile phone every day.
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Cralya
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf I have been getting similar emails to my AOL address; they say they are from my address, but have other senders names in them. I have also had big increase of spam that my filters don't catch.
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melek_taus
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf Wacky.
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Autopsy
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf Slack wrote: I've been getting emails from my aol email address to myself at that same address. How the hell is this done and should I be worried someone has access to my computer or something? I don't see anything in my sent mail. Weird. Ask yourself a question only you would know and see if you respond back with the right answer
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Rich
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf Autopsy wrote: Slack wrote: I've been getting emails from my aol email address to myself at that same address. How the hell is this done and should I be worried someone has access to my computer or something? I don't see anything in my sent mail. Weird. Ask yourself a question only you would know and see if you respond back with the right answer 
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Biff
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf  They are from Evil Slack.
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leadster
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf Were you watching LOST when you received these future self emails? That could have something to do with it.
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damaged Bryan
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf I sent a guy an e-mail to himself to not check his google mail in the sprint store. I wonder if he freaked out.
PS: Never check your e-mail in the sprint store.
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bansheebot
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf Simple solution: Don't ever use AOL.
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siphilon
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf bansheebot wrote: Simple solution: Don't ever use AOL. enuff said right there ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Slack
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf sometimes I stay at a place where I have to use dial up, is there a free way to get on the net? If so I'll gladly give up AOL anyway this is all pretty interesting and funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FqiZwfbcwo
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motorbot
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf at 8:15 today, someone will compromise the coffee. whatever you do, do not drink the coffee
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olivemartini007
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Re: emails from me to me? wtf Biff wrote: They are from Evil Slack. LOL
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