Editing Outlook Internet Headers

[Karl]

Hi,

I've been reading about Internet headers and spam, so out of curioisty I
checked out the headers on my own emails. I was surprised to find that the
header reveals my PC's name and IP address.

Received: from unknown (HELO karlspc) ([email protected] with login)

I've edited this information - it's not real. Is there anyway I can edit
the header to stop giving this info out in the first place?

Thanks

Karl

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, you can't. If you would start sending messages around with fake e-mail
headers your mail would most likely be classified as spam.

What makes you so surprised that this information is provided in the
messages header? Note that with everything you do on the Internet you will
send your IP-address otherwise there is no way that the information you
requested will actually be delivered to you; it's how the Internet works.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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Hi,

I've been reading about Internet headers and spam, so out of curioisty I
checked out the headers on my own emails. I was surprised to find that the
header reveals my PC's name and IP address.

Received: from unknown (HELO karlspc) ([email protected] with login)

I've edited this information - it's not real. Is there anyway I can edit
the header to stop giving this info out in the first place?

Thanks

Karl

 

[Karl]

I'm surprised to find both IP address and the name of the my computer
included in the header. Why does anyone need to know the name of my PC? This
is a lot of information to give out.

Would this information be available if I used webmail. At very least the PC
name wouldn't be there would it? Wouldn';t the IP address in the header then
also be that of the mail provider's server?

Isn't there some kind of mail proxy I can use to disguise this information?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

It's the hostname of your computer on the Internet; anyone can retrieve that
(alright, firewalls can prevent that, but still...). It is another part of
the Internet that make things work; DNS.

Webmail could very well register it as well and send it with the header;
depends on the webmail solution.

Hosting your own mailserver will not give away the name and IP of your PC
but it will of course give away the name and IP of the mailserver.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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I'm surprised to find both IP address and the name of the my computer
included in the header. Why does anyone need to know the name of my PC? This
is a lot of information to give out.

Would this information be available if I used webmail. At very least the PC
name wouldn't be there would it? Wouldn';t the IP address in the header then
also be that of the mail provider's server?

Isn't there some kind of mail proxy I can use to disguise this information?