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Tom
Tom

Reputation: 7223

How to read email headers?

Can someone please point me to where I can find a complete reference to email headers (Date, From, To, Sender, etc.), if there is one?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 654

Answers (3)

Gumbo
Gumbo

Reputation: 655489

The core header fields are described in RFC 5322. Futher header fields of MIME are described in RFC 2045 (general headers), RFC 2046 (media types), and RFC 2047 (non-ASCII text).

Upvotes: 5

cypheon
cypheon

Reputation: 1023

The full specification can be found in RFC822 or (more recent) in RFC2822.

Upvotes: 1

Caladain
Caladain

Reputation: 4934

Might i recommend wikipedia's extensive article on the subject? The RFC's in the article should answer any questions you may have.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email#Message_format

Upvotes: 2

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