+++ BALU.S.MENON [linux-india] <14/12/01 09:39 +0530>:
> I think the mail headers will give you an idea of whether the email is a
> valid email or not ....... You would have to read the header from bottom
> to top. This will give you the various servers which helped in the mail to
> reach ... The first among them should give you an idea about the domain
> from which it is send.

Bottom to top?  That is not a good way - especially when trying to decipher
spam, where you often get forged headers added to the bottom of the mail.

Start from the most trusted server (that is, your / your ISP's mailserver) -
at the top.  Then work your way down.

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian  <---->  mallet <at> efn dot org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin

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