[Techtalk] Forwarding Full Email Headers (was Re: question reference mail programs)

[Kai MacTane]

At 8/21/04 07:52 AM , Robert Wichert wrote:

>Have the person send you the Spam post, _as an attachment_.  Just
>forwarding it doesn't seem to preserve the headers but forwarding _as an
>attachment_ seems to accomplish this.

Actually, that seems to be MUA-dependent. Outlook will generally not 
include headers unless you make the mail an attachment (i.e., it behaves 
like you're describing). But my MUA, Eudora 4.2, will include all headers 
in a forward *if* you're already viewing them. (Eudora normally leaves 
Received: and similar tracking headers out of its display, but if you click 
the "Blah Blah Blah" button, it displays all headers. If you then hit 
"Forward", the forwarded mail will include them all, too.)

Other mailers may have a variety of other behaviors. I just wanted to 
mention that, if the original poster's correspondent isn't using Outlook, 
then some other method may be needed to get full headers out of him/her.

                                                 --Kai MacTane
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