links for decoding e-mail headers Re: Email headers

[Nigel Dyson-Hudson <ndh () InternetSmiths com>]

try these:

http://www.expita.com/header1.html is a reference sheet for e-mail, smtp, headers

http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers/headers.html is a good tutorial on how to understand e-mail headers.
http://spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/16.html has a link to how to get the full header info for any e-mail program.

nigel dyson-hudson
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ndh () InternetSmiths com

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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:32:34 -0500, Marty wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> Could someone explain how to decipher Email header? How can we know
> the real sender of spam or virus email?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marty