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How to tell where an email really comes from?
I am using Outlook Express. I am getting emails from someone with @hotmail.com as the domain of the email address. I suspect that this is from another individual who is using a fictitious name.
I then selected "view all headers" in Microsoft Outlook Express, but I saw nothing different in viewing the email...that is, no headers are showing. Is there any way, short of the name given by the sender (which he/she picks) that I can get a better idea where this email is coming from?
I then selected "view all headers" in Microsoft Outlook Express, but I saw nothing different in viewing the email...that is, no headers are showing. Is there any way, short of the name given by the sender (which he/she picks) that I can get a better idea where this email is coming from?
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That's what I was looking for. Points awarded. One additional question...is there somewhere (website or other online documentation) which documents how to interpret all those codes in the full headers?
http://www.angelfire.com/pop/cram/spam/SMTP.htm
http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers/headers.html
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,24330,3007397,00.html
http://www.rahul.net/falk/mailtrack.html
http://nsupport.elronsoftware.com/Support/miweb.nsf/1b4af9b5c0b55d9285256627005d535d/726e6cc6d534b64585256a73004faf38?OpenDocument
http://nsupport.elronsoftware.com/Support/miweb.nsf/1b4af9b5c0b55d9285256627005d535d/ef8d5d3f5721850285256a730050a2c9?OpenDocument
http://www.ja.net/CERT/JANET-CERT/mail/junk/collateral.html
That oughta keep you busy...
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http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers/headers.html
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,24330,3007397,00.html
http://www.rahul.net/falk/mailtrack.html
http://nsupport.elronsoftware.com/Support/miweb.nsf/1b4af9b5c0b55d9285256627005d535d/726e6cc6d534b64585256a73004faf38?OpenDocument
http://nsupport.elronsoftware.com/Support/miweb.nsf/1b4af9b5c0b55d9285256627005d535d/ef8d5d3f5721850285256a730050a2c9?OpenDocument
http://www.ja.net/CERT/JANET-CERT/mail/junk/collateral.html
That oughta keep you busy...
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But don't expect Hotmail to be terribly cooperative about helping you find out who actually sent you that spam...*wink*
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