What is an e–mail header?
Complaints cannot be processed unless you send us a sample that includes full e–mail header. An e–mail message consist of two major sections: 1. Body: The message itself, sometimes containing a signature block at the end. 2. Headers: Contains the sender (From:), receiver (To:), summary (Subject:), and other information about the e–mail. • From: Contains the e–mail address of the sender of the message. Just beware the From: line can be easily forge. • To: Contains the e–mail address of the receiver of the message. The “To” header in the message is not necessarily related to the addresses to which the e–mail is delivered. The actual delivery list is supplied in the SMTP protocol, not extracted from the header content. The “To” header is similar to the greeting at the top of a conventional letter that is delivered according to the address on the outer envelope. • Subject: Contains a brief summary of the contents of the message. • Date: Contains the local time and date when the message was
