allowed data on e-mail "from" field

m4rtin · 09-29-2013, 05:47 PM

Often when I receive an e-mail from sender I see the name of the person along with the source e-mail address. For example:

Code:

from: John Smith <john.smith@example.com>

Is this "John Smith" inside the e-mail message source or is it later added by my e-mail client? Does the e-mail RFC allow one to specify other data besides source e-mail to "from" field?

unSpawn · 09-29-2013, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m4rtin

Is this "John Smith" inside the e-mail message source or is it later added by my e-mail client?

Save the message as plain text then check the headers?

Quote:

Originally Posted by m4rtin

Does the e-mail RFC allow one to specify other data besides source e-mail to "from" field?

Check the RFC?