This discussion topic has been answered Discussion topic: Strange characters display at the start of my email sending address and makes it look like spam
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Message posted on 21 Apr 2026 09:31 AM
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Anbody else had this problem and know how to resolve without completley changing email address?
I get some weird characters at the start of my email address (displays in the receiving inbox).
Example using a fake email address:
Address starts:
somebody
Displays as:
somebody
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Message posted on 21 Apr 2026 09:45 AM
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Login to your online account:
https://skyid.sky.com/signin/email/
Go to Settings (the screw icon on the right hand side) > More Settings > Filters and remove anything that you did not setup.
Then go to Settings > More Settings > Mailboxes > Your email address > Reply-to address
And again remove anything here that you did not setup.
If you have had to make a change then logout and change your password:
https://skyid.sky.com/resetpassword/
You might want to give some thought to setting up two step verification as per this:
https://www.sky.com/help/home/sky-yahoo-mail/two-step-verif/articles/two-step-verification
If you do set this up it in important that you make a note of and keep safe the recovery code.
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Message posted on 21 Apr 2026 09:45 AM
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Login to your online account:
https://skyid.sky.com/signin/email/
Go to Settings (the screw icon on the right hand side) > More Settings > Filters and remove anything that you did not setup.
Then go to Settings > More Settings > Mailboxes > Your email address > Reply-to address
And again remove anything here that you did not setup.
If you have had to make a change then logout and change your password:
https://skyid.sky.com/resetpassword/
You might want to give some thought to setting up two step verification as per this:
https://www.sky.com/help/home/sky-yahoo-mail/two-step-verif/articles/two-step-verification
If you do set this up it in important that you make a note of and keep safe the recovery code.
If someone has helped you then please click on the LIKES button in their post.
If you need help please provide as much information as you can
Message posted on 21 Apr 2026 09:55 AM
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Re: Strange characters display at the start of my email sending address and makes it look like spam
Legend, I've put up with that for literally years. Fixed, thanks so much.
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