Why do I get mail that isn't for me?

[funxus]

I get a whole bunch of spam (unfortunately), but most of it is filtered out by outlook. What I find strange though is that quite often my email-address isn't the one found on the mail. Usually it's for someone else on the same server with the same first name as me, but with a different last name. I'm not found in either "To" or "Copy to".

If I view the headers for the mail though, I am found as the "X-Original recipient". Why is it this way? Did the senders originally intend to send it to me, or was it put in there along the way or something?

Here's one of the headers (the addresses are marked in bold). I don't know how each server adds to these headers, but it seems as if they add it on the top, and if so, then my address must have been added somewhere in the middle when my ISP first received it.

Return-Path: <nnunaxnj@yahoo.com>
Received: from av2-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (av2-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.99])
	by d1o931.telia.com (8.11.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id i4JMXYd24123
	for <u52025410@m1.520.telia.com>; Thu, 20 May 2004 00:33:34 +0200 (CEST)
Received: by av2-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502)
	id 908A537E47; Thu, 20 May 2004 00:33:29 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from maild.telia.com (maild.telia.com [194.22.190.101])
	by av2-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82E6137E43
	for <u52025410@m1.520.telia.com>; Thu, 20 May 2004 00:33:29 +0200 (CEST)
Received: by maild.telia.com (Postfix, from userid 1027)
	id 7B99187A16; Thu, 20 May 2004 00:33:29 +0200 (CEST)
[B]X-Original-Recipient: [email]clas.veiback@telia.com[/email][/B]
Received: from host18.200-117-49.telecom.net.ar (host18.200-117-49.telecom.net.ar [200.117.49.18])
	by maild.telia.com (Postfix) with SMTP
	id CB2D487A16; Thu, 20 May 2004 00:33:19 +0200 (CEST)
X-Message-Info: 4jQ5oFynjat34pc
Received: from caininexpensive ([5.24.0.71])
          by 3vC2iN6dUij-.whim.schoolroom.freak.smtp.cs.com   
          (Mail Commander 4.30 32-4928-50-) (qmail 20597 invoked by uid 0);
          id <75062070.l1AWy9Vq0.Pz5Gf2341-.Vq1Qo7.9yH5aY1pN.smtp.tiscali.co.uk   forhomesteadcarload>
          for <clas.skytt@telia.com>;(<envelope-from <nnunaxnj@yahoo.com>) Thu, 20 May 2004 04:23:47 +0500
Received: from upper9 ([116.32.136.184])
          by xqok2Ww0Ga4E-.workstation.anywhere.adoptive.mailout.icdc.com   
          (MIME-tools 5.503 (Entity 5.501) 5-6-693-) with Microsoft SMTPSVC
          id <52082823.Zm6Gh7ae.e9Yh6WJML-.89.g.zc.mx.aol.com  ^enthalpy8>
          for <clas.skytt@telia.com>; (<envelope-from <nnunaxnj@yahoo.com>) Thu, 20 May 2004 02:20:47 +0300
Message-ID: <rmzyvjfljealfijnmsnreetgwfv@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Keenan S." <nnunaxnj@yahoo.com>
From: "Keenan S." <nnunaxnj@yahoo.com>
[B]To: <clas.skytt@telia.com>[/B]
Subject: The best there is
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 01:24:47 +0200
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
	boundary="--863889715000364"
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I'm no expert at this, but does this happen to anyone else, that you get mail that isn't for you?

 

[Turner]

Yeah, it happens. Some kind of worm type thingy, or just plain old spam.

 

[funxus]

I guess I have to put up with it. I think I'm going to switch to another main address soon anyway...