Who sent this to me?

[olds]

I know a "Joe Blow" but the "from" field is blank and I didn't find the "received from" IP in a "whois" search. It looks fake to me but I am a rookie at this. I have been unable to contact "Joe" to verify that he sent it to me.

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Chris Smith:

Whatsup?

You are a perfectionist and you do things right the first time.

Bet you will do some cool stuff with this.

http://www.clearneon.com
It's Sooooo Awesome! You know what I think.
later Joe Blow:

 

[chrisjor]

well obviously you are loved at more forums than just Anandtech!!!!

 

[kranky]

Looks like spam.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Does that sound even remotely like the Joe Blow you know? If it doesn't just delete and ignore, simple as that.

 

[bozo1]

It's an ad for clearneon.com which is hosted by interland.net where the email originated.

 

[olds]

I know a "Joe Blow" but how would they know I know him? That seems like a lot of work to send me Spam, even though I thought it may be Spam. It's pretty ingenious if it is Spam, as I don't normally even open email if it is unsolicited or I don't know the sender.
Thanks.

 

[bozo1]

I get spam from "Joe Blow" all the time. It's just a generic name like Smith or something. If you happen to know someone with that name, it's just coincidence.

 

[olds]

Actually, I used "Joe Blow" as a place holder so that I wouldn't identify the other party.