receiving spam email from your own email address.... Grrr

[janeababe]

I keep getting spam emails supposedly sent from my own email address.  When i go to *block email senders* I get a msg saying i cant block emails from my own email account.
I have a bogus email contact as my first emaill recipient. 
(eg: Aaa_aa@aa.com.au )Thats supposed to stop  generated bots sending emails to your contact lists, and as far as I know, my account isnt sending OUT emails to my contact list, only to me.

(1)  How is this possible?

(2) How can I stop it happening?

Its always from sex sites and the sort! 

I'm getting at least 10-20 every few days.

Waaaaaaa    

Is there a computor nerd who might  be able to help me

Pppppppllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......

thanx folks

xxj

[janeababe]

David, by the amount of issues im having, I'd say there's probably two naughty cats.... the pair of buggas!

[imastawka]

That right click thingie.........I get nothing.

Glad I'm not sending myself emails.    Would never find the source.

Could be this dude

[go-tazz]

https://support.netregistry.com.au/articles/nr/My-email-address-appears-to-be-sending-spam-What-do-I...

https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/why-am-i-receiving-junk-mail-from-my-own-email-address/

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-osend/receiving-spamjunk-mail-being-sen...

https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/Telstra-or-BigPond-Email/Spam-emails-from-my-own-email-addres...

[janeababe]

Thanx go-taz

Ive spent a few hours reading threads on the topic. It seems that there are hundreds of folk out there in email land, receiving these emails from themselves.
I did find the *source code* for one of them..... it had about 400 letters and  numbers and dashes and dots and so forth in it, and it all meant absolutely nothing to me i'm afraid...  *sigh*

Anyway, I have a few other suggestions I got from the links you supplied.  I'll try that tomorrow if I get any more. I only got 18 today. LOL

Thanks heaps.. Much appreciated,

xxj