Hi :) Thanks all!! :D A very informative thread and i feel i have learned quite a lot from this. It was a tad off-topic to start with so thanks for helping me out anyway. I like this list quite a lot these days. It's almost like a family, complete with all the arguments and everything ;)
Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 13:14 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] IT World > > >On 2013-07-31 3:20 AM, Andrew Brown <andre...@icon.co.za> wrote: >> Not what I am referring to, I think you have misunderstood my content. >> Agreed and I know the headers (or should I say mail body code) > >I assure you I have a very good understanding of this, and 'mail body >code' is certainly *not* another way of saying 'email headers'. > >> What I am referring to is that the header information is hidden by >> default, but one can reveal this hidden info to trace where the mail >> has come from or going to. It's used by security officers like myself >> and online Service Providers to trace emails, spam, malicious content >> etc. > >Been there/done that many times. > >> if you ever launch a complaint to your SP over spam mail received, they >> ask you to send a copy of the email with "All" headers revealed. In >> Thunderbird this is a relatively easy thing to do, just two clicks, as I >> explained to Tom in my email. In MS Outlook a bit more involved "Email >> opened in new window - expand Tags toolbar lower right (you will also >> see "Follow up" and "Mark as unread" option there) - Options - Internet >> headers. > >Or, you can just do as I *always* have done - and what every lawyer or >'security officer' I have ever worked with requests - and forward the >email in question *as an attachment* - which *always* includes the full >headers. > >Forwarding in-line (as you are discussing), the headers that are >included in the mail body text are way too easily modified (either >accidental or by intent), and should *never* be relied on by a 'security >officer' tasked with investigating such things. > >> What I was simply replying to Tom, was how to reveal the headers to see >> if the email was spam. And no if your headers are in their normal >> state/setting, hidden by default, they are never revealed in any emails >> sent, that is the body text of the sender. Only if you leave the option >> to reveal the headers on, will the sent emails show all of the code and >> make the email look like garbage. > >And again, this is only true when replying, and when forwarding >*in-line*. When forwarding as an attachment, the full headers are >*always* included. > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
