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Is it possible?

Feb 26, 2004 2:24AM PST

To forward an e-mail received from someone without all those already forwarding addresses? So like it would be
an almost brand new forwarding. Dont laugh. Using OE as
my mail server and Windows 98 as my OS. Thanks Geroq

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I should think so.
Feb 26, 2004 3:21AM PST

1. To get the terms right: OE is a mail client, not a mail server. That's a program with your ISP.

2. Forward the mail. Then edit it as you like. It will contain the adressee, you as a sender, a subject starting with "Fw:" unless you edit it, and that parts of the body you don't delete.

To see it from the receiving side: there is no guarantee at all that a forwarded message bears any resemblance to the original. Say you get a mail from person A saying she loves B, then forward it to B after subtly changing 'love' in 'hate', and B will never know unless he asks A what's wrong. This works for both the body of the message and for the headers with the e-mail-addresses, of course.

Kees

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Re:Is it possible?
Feb 27, 2004 1:37AM PST

Georq,

First, you can easily send on mail that you have received from others. I don't "forward" it though. I copy and paste the message, if it's worth sending on, then send the "NEW" message with only my own name as the sender. There are a couple of reasons why I do it this way.

Just my opinion here, but I delete all incoming "forwarded" e-mail messages before reading them. They are junk e-mail. I've got a few relatives that forward every e-mail message they get. Every cute picture, every cute saying, every chain letter,...well you get the picture. In my opinion, if the message isn't worth creating a "new" message out of, it's not worth forwarding.

Next, everytime you forward a message, another name and e-mail address is added to the header and "sender" list on the receiver's computer. The new viruses of today have the ability to extract those e-mail address and send infected viruses and spoof the sender lines of those viruses by using those names and addresses. I think it is much safer and secure, if not more courteous, to eliminate all those other names and addresses when sending messages on. The other users will thank you for not getting infected.

Hope this helps.

Grif