Re: headers?
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: headers?
- From: "* F* L* <c*@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 23:47:17 -0600 (MDT)
RYFigge@aol.com wrote:
>
> Sorry to be so ignorant, but what ARE headers and what use are they? Is it
> supposed to be flattering to receive one? Maybe I missed the point. Have had
> 2 sent to me this week so far and they don't make sense to me, therfore I
> just eliminated them after one perusal--'nuff said = Rosalie, who evidently
> doesn't have the proper sense of humor!
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Headers are that portion of the e-mail message beginning with the
"SUBJECT" line and running through the "TO" line. They typically give
you all of the e-mail routing information, a list of the e-mail
addresses of all addressees and generally take-up space on your screen.
They interest only those who a really interested in that sort of stuff.
(No offense meant to anyone who IS interested in that stuff.) They
generally tell you more about the message than you really want to know.
They are frequently much longer than the e-mail message. They CAN be
useful and most e-mail programs give you the option of whether you want
to display the header or not . . . and you can change toggle the option
back and forth at will.
Al Limberg
Concord, CA
