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How do I know who is really sending me an email?

In order to be really sure who is sending you an email you will have to carefully examine the email headers. This is also a place you can look to catch spam emails.
To view all the headers for a message in Mail, select View, Message, Long Headers.

View, Message, Long Headers
The headers will be displayed at the top of the message as a list, with the header name on the left and its value on the right. If there is a header you always want to be visible, you can change your preferences to display it by selecting Mail, Preferences, Viewing, and selecting Custom from the Show header detail pull-down menu.

To add a header, click on the Add (+) button and type the name of the header you want to add (you can get this from the header list displayed when you select View, Message, Long Headers). You can click on the Delete (-) button to remove a header from the list.
Mail, Preferences, Viewing, Custom: Headers List

Additional Websites

The Internet: Ideas, Activities, and Resources

USF Laptop Initiative: Mail and iChat Basics (PDF)

Learn the Net: Email

Apple Support: Using Mac OS X Mail

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Tech-Ease for Mac is your source for just-in-time answers for classroom technology questions. A companion Tech-Ease for Windows site is also available. This collection is a part of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse. Funding for Tech-Ease content development has been provided by the USF College of Education and various grants from the Florida Department of Education. Copyright 2009 by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida.

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How do I know who is really sending me an email? In order to be really sure who is sending you an email you will have to carefully examine the email headers. This is also a place you can look to catch spam emails. To view all the headers for a message in Mail, select View, Message, Long Headers. The headers will be displayed at the top of the message as a list, with the header name on the left and its value on the right. If there is a header you always want to be visible, you can change your preferences to display it by selecting Mail, Preferences, Viewing, and selecting Custom from the Show header detail pull-down menu. To add a header, click on the Add (+) button and type the name of the header you want to add (you can get this from the header list displayed when you select View, Message, Long Headers). You can click on the Delete (-) button to remove a header from the list.			Additional Websites The Internet: Ideas, Activities, and Resources USF Laptop Initiative: Mail and iChat Basics (PDF) Learn the Net: Email Apple Support: Using Mac OS X Mail
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Site Map \| Submit a Question \| About Tech-Ease \| Privacy Policy \| ETC Home Tech-Ease for Mac is your source for just-in-time answers for classroom technology questions. A companion Tech-Ease for Windows site is also available. This collection is a part of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse. Funding for Tech-Ease content development has been provided by the USF College of Education and various grants from the Florida Department of Education. Copyright 2009 by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida.