# Why is all my junk e-mail from "newsletter@?"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-all-my-junk-e-mail-from-newsletter/842595>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-all-my-junk-e-mail-from-newsletter/842595 "2019-10-28T14:57:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-all-my-junk-e-mail-from-newsletter/842595/1 "2019-10-28T14:57:03Z")

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For the last several weeks, my junk email has all been either from “newsletter@ something.xyz” or lately “[newsletter@something.us](mailto:newsletter@something.us).”

My question is “Why?” Is it something in my mail server? I used to get the usual spammy addresses, with some random url. Now they are all “newsletters.” Weird, and I’m wondering. This happening to anybody else?

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-all-my-junk-e-mail-from-newsletter/842595/2 "2019-10-28T15:11:41Z")

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Probably just random. A few months back I was getting 10 or 15 a day from the same sender. At least it’s easy to push to my spam folder, but it was still a lot.  
IIRC, there was even a thread here about it because someone else was getting just as much from the same sender.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-all-my-junk-e-mail-from-newsletter/842595/3 "2019-10-28T15:22:29Z")

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Since “newsletters” are usually signed up for, putting “newsletter” in the address might con people into opening it.

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-all-my-junk-e-mail-from-newsletter/842595/4 "2019-10-29T07:08:38Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Since “newsletters” are usually signed up for, putting “newsletter” in the address might con people into opening it.

Also a way to get past the spam filters, for the same reason.