Re: was Re: socket trace, now SMTP protocol (OT)

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aye.  You want to give all the information you can.

Date: 
From: 
Organization: 
X-Mailer: 
X-Accept-Language: 
MIME-Version: 
To: 
Subject: 
Content-Type: 
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 

You can get the "standard" settings by simply displaying the header
on an e-mail you've received. 

Some of it you can simply hard code (X-Mailer: MyMailer 1.0, X-Accept-Language: 
en,
MIME-Version: 1.0, Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii, 
Content-Trasfer-Encoding: 
7bit, etc...)  The rest you can get from the user (To:, Subject:), and some from
the user settings (From:, Organization:) and some from the system (Date:).

Regards,

Jim Langston


Larry Loen wrote:
> 
> >I would add that all polite mail senders include the 'From' and 'To'
> >headers, as most mail clients use these to display who the message was
> sent
> >by and who the message is to.
> 
> It's more serious than politeness.  You may need it as a fundamental
> requirement.
> 
> If you are at all concerned about getting past anti-SPAM filters, even in
> your own organization, then a more full-blown and robust mail header
> usually helps. SPAMmers often put out pretty minimalist mail and the lack
> of things (especially From and To) are just the sort of things that
> automated SPAM filters discard without a second thought.  Meanwhile, if
> there is a good "From" or "To" field, many anti-SPAM filters will
> explicitly include your mail in as "acceptable".
> 
> The whole world of SPAM filtering is very ad hoc, but that's a start of how
> to think about it.  You'd be amazed at how much SPAM doesn't even bother to
> put in a "To" you field.  And, of course, they're seldom smart enough to
> pose as being part of your company, so the "From" field will at least
> segregate in-house and external mail very readily.
> 
> Larry W. Loen  -   Senior Java and AS/400 Performance Analyst
>                           Dept HP4, Rochester MN
> 
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