AFAIK, you can't. Just by adding PGP over the content of the mail and
comparing it to the sender's signature.

The SMTP server can ask the user for auth. but you can't know that.

Regards,

Lior Kaplan
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http://www.Guides.co.il

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From: "Moshe Kaminsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: mail origin verification


> Hi,
>
> I was wondering, how can I verify that an email really arrived from
> where it claims? For example, how does the mailing list program know
> that this mail really came from me? I saw nothing in the headers that
> allows it.
>
> Thanks,
> Moshe
>
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