In my gmail inbox I periodically get very strange emails from [email protected], addressed to [email protected]
(where "username" is my gmail user, and "example.com" is the domain of a consulting client from a decade ago that gave me [email protected])
The body of these weird messages says
Address not found Your message wasn't delivered to [email protected] because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail.
550 5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or unnecessary spaces. For more information, go to https://support.google.com/mail/?p=NoSuchUser 6a1803df08f44-6ac070f1538sor47269616d6.5 - gsmtp
above an arbitrary supposedly-forwarded message like
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The New Yorker Daily <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Bcc: Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 16:31:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: The Secrets of the Stasi ----- Message truncated -----