Email recipient name?
I have a question for you regarding my Yahoo email address.
Sometimes when I receive an email from a certain sender it is displayed like this in Yahoo Mail.
Sender.
Now comes the thing.
First name. Last name (my email address in brackets). Often, however, it's just written like that.
First name. Last name (just my name without the email address displayed).
The sender sends from an Outlook address.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
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This is the To-headers the eMail – thus the “receiver address” as the sender or the mail program has written down. So usually the recipient to whom the mail is sent directly original was addressed. At the same time, however, the To field is NOT the field that is relevant for the delivery of the mail, so it is more like the recipient name at the top of the letter, not the recipient name on the envelope.
Often, if the recipient has not made an address book entry, that is to say ONLY enters the mail address, the mail address is simply stored directly exclusively. Some programs repeat the local party (the part before @) as name: h.meiser
Some of them put this in quotation marks.
If an address book entry is used, the clear name is usually in it – whether first name, last name or vice versa also depends on the sending mail program.
For example, if the mail came through a mailing list, then the list name can also exist:
linux-admin@lists.kernel.org
Which field is not relevant for the delivery of the email what do you mean?
The headers, which also belongs to the “to” header, are only lines with additional information… (as well as subject)
The mail is delivered using the “RCPT TO” information that you do not necessarily find in the headers.
So it can happen that there is a completely different address in the TO header than yours. In the case of mailing lists, this is completely normal – spam eMails also happen.
I can’t tell you exactly – m.E. with an uncleanly programmed script… it also seems like you’re sending the emails group-by-group (e.g. all addresses starting with A) – vmtl. to not immediately be noticed by incredible traffic.
Yes and how to do that then e.g. it stands as receiver someone there and I also receive this mail
Well, spammers don’t work with a normal mail program… they have their own tools… BCC is processed by the mail program and only leads to the mail Other that the person is in the distributor, the mail is also sent to the BCC address.
Another case where the mail goes to someone who is not in To (or CC).
This can often be done with the BBC where one does not see the actual recipients
For mailing lists, exactly the same email is distributed to many recipients… that is, the “To” header always contains the list address e.g. linux-admin@lists.kernel.org
Spammers often do not think it is necessary to properly fill the “to” header, so andreas.meier@… sometimes gets mails included in the To “Adam.kraft@…”.
So mailing lists and spam but they are also a recipient or mailing list
I think this is independent of the address or the provider of the mail, but rather depends on the e-mail software.
With me (Thunderbird) I can select in the settings, e.g. “For known contacts only display display names”.
For example, if I send an e-mail and I store it under a nickname, the one sees the name as I have saved it.
Should work. But also depends on your software.
With me (Thunderbird) I can specify a standard identity in the account settings.