Frequently Asked Questions ...
Q | Who is the MAILER-DAEMON? |
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No need to call an exorcist!
If you get an email from the MAILER-DAEMON;
this is just an automated message sent from an Email Server somewhere
in the World. Usually you only hear from Email Server's when they
have trouble delivering an email you sent or an email that shows your
email address as being the sender.
A 'Daemon' is a software program that works behind the scenes on a Server, doing useful stuff.
When you get a MAILER-DAEMON@whatevercompany.com message in your inbox, the Mail Server at that company is informing you
that it is returning your message because of some failure to deliver
it. For example, the "To" email address may no longer be valid, or there may be a problem routing the message to the appropriate Mail Server.
Chances are you never even sent the message in the first place!
Your email address could have easily been copied and used as the
email's "From" address without your knowledge. This is a well known technique employed by Spammers.
Rather than using their own email address in the "From" field, they use your email address instead. In this case, you would
receive any failure notifications from various Mail Servers if they have
been unable to deliver the email to the recipient.... it is these
failure messages that are named MAILER-DAEMON!
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