From: Omar Zeid <ozeid@...>
Date: 2006-12-09T00:06:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Parsing information from a forwarded e-mail

Paul Lutus wrote:
> Omar Zeid wrote:
> 
>> Is there an easy way to parse out the information in a forwarded e-mail
>> from Outlook on a MAPI server ABOUT the original message? e.g. The date,
>> time, and e-mail address of the original sender, not the person who
>> forwarded it? Also, how does one get the sender's e-mail address out of
>> a regular email?
> 
> Not everyone uses Outlook, and there typically are differences between
> applications and environments in how e-mail information is formatted, so
> please post a sample of the sort of data you need to parse. Someone will
> then offer a solution based on that specific format.
> 
> As to the second question, the e-mail's header should contain 
> information
> about the sender, although it is important to remember that this header
> information can easily be faked.

I'm kind of new to programming in general, so you may have to dumb down 
your response a bit. What do you mean by application, environment, and 
where would I find out what this information is in my example to even be 
able to pull a sample of data to post? Also, what exactly do you mean by 
header?

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