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Anyone know how to read email headers
Posted by beetlecube, 07-08-2007, 05:06 PM I'd love to contact the domain registrars of the recipient spammers who are barraging me with the latest "google riches", or "ebay success" sales pitch emails, but I lack the knowledge of how to reveal the email headers and interpret them. Is there a certain email client program that would allow me to view all parts of the email ? Maybe I'm using the wrong client (outlook), that would not allow me to view the more technical parts of the email, but but I don't know. Any other tips? Thanks p.s. If I go ahead and click on their "unsub me" links at their bottom, that's their tricky way of finding out what emails are active and possibly make it worse for me. I know that it's illegal to send me email that I didn't opt into, in the first place, even if they do provide the unsubscribe link at the bottom, with the usual "Icann" spam disclaimer that they include.
Posted by bear, 07-08-2007, 06:22 PM I don't use Outlook myself, but Google had a few links to "how to". As for clicking unsubscribe? Don't bother. You didn't subscribe in the first place, and as you say, this will just confirm you've read it. Last edited by bear; 07-08-2007 at 11:38 PM. Reason: spelling
Posted by Jakiao, 07-08-2007, 09:30 PM Outlook will show you the headers if you view the "properties" of the email you received. In Vista Mail, it's under properties -> details. With Outlook, I believe it's just under Properties.
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