Hi all ! When we see an email in a ordinary text editor, we can see many lines which are NOT seen while reading an email in inbox. Such email text is shown below:
-------------------------------------------start--------------- X-Apparently-To: a...@b.com via 217.146.176.79; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:03:11 +0000 ($1)Received-SPF: pass (mta1054.mail.ukl.yahoo.com: domain of linux-india-help-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net designates 216.34.181.88 as permitted sender) ($2)X-YMailISG: A7RztcQcZAqpKTabN_3uPw4jJO7WjGixi8UTH3Oq3b6OTrW4 lLQuY.mclWAYCLaAgtEZC3gy0ceznAqS5uYUMlRREE3aAXPlLXUkGZ40JKxR ..... ..... ( here there are many garbage char lines..which I deleted) 0ghGxxCEQjSZ8U- ($3)X-Originating-IP: [216.34.181.88] ($4)Authentication-Results: mta1054.mail.ukl.yahoo.com from=yahoo.co.uk; omainkeys=neutral (no sig); from=yahoo.co.uk; dkim=neutral (no sig) ($5)Received: from 127.0.0.1 (EHLO lists.sourceforge.net) (216.34.181.88) by mta1054.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:03:11 +0000 ($6)Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <linux-india-help-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net>) id 1PHs9G-0003mB-28; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:02:38 +0000 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <a...@b.com>) id 1PHs9E-0003m4-6u for linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:02:36 +0000 Received: from nm2.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.146.183.219]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with smtp (Exim 4.69) id 1PHs9B-00078c-Qs for linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:02:36 +0000 Received: from [217.146.183.182] by nm2.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 Nov 2010 06:02:27 -0000 Received: from [77.238.184.53] by tm13.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 Nov 2010 06:02:27 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp122.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 Nov 2010 06:02:27 -0000 ($7)X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 859197.90164...@smtp122.mail.ukl.yahoo.com Received: from 117.98.64.7 (a...@117.98.64.7 with login) by smtp122.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2010 22:02:19 -0800 PST ($8)X-Yahoo-SMTP: zABoprWswBAVwYsHhm_t3sWar_XU ($9)X-YMail-OSG: Fn4Kr_gVM1miLHK19zk273DBYWMLO3kxPNUo2M87lpS4D5. LB19qMeJG6qesK.YhSXb5bOVhUbCt50LSnvDM4jJhyV.rdb7TKm41qt53typ D7zlgniIFhivl3Y_4Ne9V24FUh1RgzMjRgoRXCEZmsV7jUFll7zGvNpzcJgX hqn.T3Ek83CUNxKZQPJvNTOQucCzbP7VtIDrpJ.N9PcqIiiZjEyKiBExSXW9 Rsl0QyDOm5Vg- From: <a...@b.com To: linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:24:10 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 ($10)Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201011150324.1415...@b.com> ($11)X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) ($12)X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is freemail (a[at]yahoo.co.uk) -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low trust [217.146.183.219 listed in list.dnswl.org] 1.1 DATE_IN_PAST_03_06 Date: is 3 to 6 hours before Received: date -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature 0.0 T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Headers-End: 1PHs9B-00078c-Qs Subject: Re: [LIH] Bla..Bla..Bla... ($13)X-BeenThere: linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: a...@b.com, Technical list for helping people with installation and ( some lines deleted by me...) ... ... <mailto:linux-india-help-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: linux-india-help-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net ($14)Status: R ($15)X-Status: N ($16)X-KMail-EncryptionState: ($17)X-KMail-SignatureState: On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 04:19, xyz wrote: .... .... ( lines deleted..) ---------------------------End-------------------- I am just curious what is the actual meaning of many words / lines in the above email text. I have put ($1) , ($2) .. etc symbols in the begining of some lines. I will be greatful if someone can tell me the actual meaning behind those words or lines , in simple newbee language ! :) ($1) What is the meaning of `Received-SPF: pass` in this line ? ($2) `X-YMailISG:` ? ($3) `X-Originating-IP:` ? ($4) `Authentication-Results:` ? ($5) `domainkeys=neutral (no sig)`? `dkim=neutral (no sig)` ? ($5), ($6) etc all Recieved... lines must be the route thru which this email might have travelled, I think ! (If wrong , pl correct me..) ($7) `X-Yahoo-Newman-Id` ? ($8) `X-Yahoo-SMTP:` ? ($9) `X-YMail-OSG:` ? ( Long form of OSG ? ) ($10) `Content-Disposition: inline` ? ($11) `X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+)` ? ($12) `X-Spam-Report: ? ` freemail` ? `RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL:` ? `low trust` ? `DATE_IN_PAST_03_06 Date: is 3 to 6 hours before Received: date` ? `DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain ?` `DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid`? `DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature`? `T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL`? ($13) `X-BeenThere:`? `Precedence: list`? ($14) `Status: R`? ($15) `X-Status: N`? ($16) `X-KMail-EncryptionState:`? ($17) `X-KMail-SignatureState:`? Thnks ! ~Pats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help