Re: [libreoffice-users] IT World

Hi :)
Thanks all!! :D

A very informative thread and i feel i have learned quite a lot from this.  It was a tad off-topic 
to start with so thanks for helping me out anyway.  I like this list quite a lot these days.  It's 
almost like a family, complete with all the arguments and everything ;)  

Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 13:14
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] IT World
>
>
> On 2013-07-31 3:20 AM, Andrew Brown <andrewbr@icon.co.za> wrote:
> > Not what I am referring to, I think you have misunderstood my content.
> > Agreed and I know the headers (or should I say mail body code)
>
> I assure you I have a very good understanding of this, and 'mail body 
> code' is certainly *not* another way of saying 'email headers'.
>
> > What I am referring to is that the header information is hidden by
> > default, but one can reveal this hidden info to trace where the mail
> > has come from or going to. It's used by security officers like myself
> > and online Service Providers to trace emails, spam, malicious content
> > etc.
>
> Been there/done that many times.
>
> > if you ever launch a complaint to your SP over spam mail received, they
> > ask you to send a copy of the email with "All" headers revealed. In
> > Thunderbird this is a relatively easy thing to do, just two clicks, as I
> > explained to Tom in my email. In MS Outlook a bit more involved "Email
> > opened in new window - expand Tags toolbar lower right (you will also
> > see "Follow up" and "Mark as unread" option there) - Options - Internet
> > headers.
>
> Or, you can just do as I *always* have done - and what every lawyer or 
> 'security officer' I have ever worked with requests - and forward the 
> email in question *as an attachment* - which *always* includes the full 
> headers.
>
> Forwarding in-line (as you are discussing), the headers that are 
> included in the mail body text are way too easily modified (either 
> accidental or by intent), and should *never* be relied on by a 'security 
> officer' tasked with investigating such things.
>
> > What I was simply replying to Tom, was how to reveal the headers to see
> > if the email was spam. And no if your headers are in their normal
> > state/setting, hidden by default, they are never revealed in any emails
> > sent, that is the body text of the sender. Only if you leave the option
> > to reveal the headers on, will the sent emails show all of the code and
> > make the email look like garbage.
>
> And again, this is only true when replying, and when forwarding 
> *in-line*. When forwarding as an attachment, the full headers are 
> *always* included.
>
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