How can you tell "To" address used for spam?

[Nick]

I have a few exchange email addresses on my account. Spam level is to the
point that I want to delete the affected account. How can I tell which
address is being used?

Nick

 

[Alexander Zammit [MVP]]

You mean you have multiple addresses for the same mailbox?

The easiest way to pin-point the address would be the create multiple
mailboxes for these addresses. Emails will get sorted for you automatically.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

install an event sink on the server that stamps the address in the header.
I use the one from vamsoft.
http://www.vamsoft.com/tools.asp#smtpenvl

 

[Ed Crowley [MVP]]

The Internet headers of the message doesn't tell you?

 

[Nick]

Thanks for the tip. For html messages, I found the internet header in the
message window under View\Options. It does show the "To" address there.
Not an intuitive place. Much easier than tracing. Thanks again.

 

[Ed Crowley [MVP]]

Be sure that you're looking for a recipient address that's in the
envelope--some SMTP servers will tell you that in the header, and not the to
address in the message header itself, which can be very different. That is,
I can use telnet to port 25 to send you a message that looks like it was
sent to Bill Gates. That's basically how BCC works, leaving the blind
recipients out of the message headers.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Be sure that you're looking for a recipient address that's in the
envelope--some SMTP servers will tell you that in the header, and not
the to address in the message header itself, which can be very
different. That is, I can use telnet to port 25 to send you a
message that looks like it was sent to Bill Gates. That's basically
how BCC works, leaving the blind recipients out of the message
headers.

Wait, you mean I'm *not* going to get money from Bill Gates if I forward
that message to 100 people?

 

[Ed Crowley [MVP]]

Go ahead and try it. It's not like it's going to cost you anything.
--
Ed Crowley
MVP - Exchange
"Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"