If I get email spam from "myself," does that mean other people are getting it from "me?"

[Dennis S]

?

[rjmacs]

Not necessarily.

[Speedy]

Most likely the 'From' is generated from the 'To', at least on a Mac.

[Dennis S]

Speedy wrote:
Most likely the 'From' is generated from the 'To', at least on a Mac.

Don't they know that's never going to fool anyone?

[OWC Jamie]

From: is likely spoofed
most likely it did not come from you

[N-OS X-tasy!]

"Possibly." miley-laughing001:

[Acer]

You're not a Nigerian prince, by any chance?

[Onamuji]

Dennis S wrote:
?

No.

Frequently that's just a trick to try and get past spam filters. Your own email address is likely whitelisted or exempted because it is in your address book (as the "me" contact).

...But spammers typically cycle through their lists of millions of email addresses to fill-in sender-names and reply-to email addresses, so their having your address means there's a good chance that someone somewhere has gotten spam from "you."