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RE: Email headers

From: "John Tolmachoff" <sflist-secbasic () reliance net>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:42:24 -0800

Could someone explain how to decipher Email header? How can we know the
real sender of spam or virus email?


Go a googling for Sam Spade.

You paste the header in there and it helps explain.

John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA
IT Manager, Network Engineer
RelianceSoft, Inc.
Fullerton, CA  92835
www.reliancesoft.com

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- RE: Email headers Vince Dang (Feb 22)
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