# Attack of the blank e-mails! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117 "2005-11-02T18:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/1 "2005-11-02T18:22:12Z")
For the last week or so, I have been receiving a flurry of blank emails - nothing in the sender’s name, message title, or message body. I’m talking 10-15 EVERY DAY in two different email addresses! I normally use Thunderbird to retrieve my mail, but I’ve been going directly to my ISP (Comcast) so I can at least report the offending emails as spam (not that that has helped any). When I get the mail from Comcast directly, the sender’s name just shows “Unknown Sender”. What is the deal here? ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/2 "2005-11-02T19:23:16Z")
Good question, I’ve the same problem, with the same ISP… -Butler ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/3 "2005-11-02T19:24:51Z")
I usually avoid “mee too” posts, but… me too ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/4 "2005-11-02T20:27:14Z")
I checked the Comcast email forum and we are not alone. They are supposedly working on a filter. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/5 "2005-11-02T20:44:29Z")
You know, just this morning I was wondering the same thing. I really hope these are normal e-mails that are getting wiped. That would explain why I haven’t been hearing from certain people. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/6 "2005-11-03T03:34:39Z")
Me, too. I think mine were spam, though. I can’t remember if I checked the full headers, and didn’t recognise anything in there. My Thunderbird broke, though, so my email’s all wonky. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/7 "2005-11-03T03:45:14Z")
My problem is flocks of Spanish (or Portugese?) Undeliverable errors…I’m in Denver colorado and don’t email many Portugese. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/8 "2005-11-03T03:53:35Z")
You know, I used to get those all the time, but I haven’t gotten one in ages now. (Same ISP.) ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/9 "2005-11-03T03:53:49Z")
I also get these totally blank messages periodically. I thought they were being sent by someone to check if the email address is live – an invalid address would generate an error. This would (probably?) require a valid return address on the message. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-blank-e-mails/329117/10 "2005-11-03T06:24:44Z")
You too? Jesus, I thought I was getting DOS’ed by a complete idiot.