Articles tagged: email headers
What Do Spam Filters Look At?
Spam filters can be sophisticated or simple. I’ll look at some of the characteristics of email that spam filters check.
How Do I View the BCC Recipients on an Email I’ve Received?
BCC is a way to send copies of email without all recipients being visible. But can you still view the BCC’ed?
How Do I Tell Who Sent an Email?
It’s extremely unlikely. I’ll walk you through why that is and one way you might get lucky.
Why Does Email Bounce?
Email can bounce for many reasons. I’ll look at several of the most common email bounce messages and try to interpret what they really mean.
Why Do I Get Spam Not Addressed to Me? How Spammers Do It, and What Steps You Can Take
Spammers use many techniques to slide their garbage into your inbox. BCCing you on messages is a common way.
How Do I Find the IP Address of an Email’s Sender?
Determining the IP address of an email sender is difficult at best, and usually impossible. Sometimes you get lucky.
Why Is an Email Address Sometimes in Angle Brackets?
Computers use email addresses to route email. Angle brackets are used when a more human-readable name is also included.
I got two identical spam messages from two friends. Which of us has been hacked?
It’s unlikely that you’ve been hacked. It’s possible that your friends have both been hacked, but this kind of thing can happen without anyone being hacked at all!
How can I prove that I didn’t send a particular email?
So much information in email can be spoofed that it’s difficult to prove where an email came from unless you look at the headers.
How Do I Tell Someone They’re Entering Their Email Address Wrong?
Many websites ask you type your email address in twice for a reason: there’s a high percentage of people who cannot type their email address in correctly once.
Why is email I’m sending being received by someone I’m not sending to?
This is a frustrating situation that happens regularly to businesses running email lists. More than likely someone on your list is automatically forwarding. There is one way you may be able to track down the source.
