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Outlook 2003 Security and Privacy

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SUMMARY: Help detect where unwanted e-mail in your Outlook 2003 Inbox is actually coming from.
 
When you receive an e-mail message in Outlook 2003, Outlook normally displays the e-mail's sender, recipient, date/time of message sent, subject, etc., the basic information. However, e-mail addresses can be forged, and if you receive suspected spam messages, it may be beneficial to view the e-mail's routing information to help determine which computer or network actually sent the message.

1. Right-click on a suspect message.
2. Choose "Options" from the popup menu.
3. Look for the section "Internet headers". Depending on the e-mail, you should see more detailed routing information, such as when and where the e-mail was received on each network, SMTP message IDs, MIME type information, and more.

Note that most of this information can be forged, so be careful before you send those "stop sending me spam!" requests to ensure the information is absolutely correct.


 
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