Comments on: Showdown Special: Email Clients (Part Two of a Two-Part Series) – Free Line 6/19/09 http://www.freelinereport.com/freeline-6-17-09/ Web 2.0 in 2/0 Minutes Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Danny http://www.freelinereport.com/freeline-6-17-09/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Danny Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:45:42 +0000 http://www.freelinereport.com/?p=908#comment-1927 "Sylpheed is the only program that, to our knoledge, allows you look at the source code of your messages." Have you tried Ctrl+U in the other mail clients? I'm sure it works with TBird (which I use). "We’re not exactly sure as to why you would want to do that, but it’s always nice to have the option." I use the view source option before I report a spam message, and when reporting it. If you can figure out what the technical mumbo-jumbo is saying, you can figure out if a spam originated from a certain domain or if it's just a spoof. Also, if you plan to report spam to a mail service provider, they may ask you to include the full message source to your complaint so that they can figure out its origin. “Sylpheed is the only program that, to our knoledge, allows you look at the source code of your messages.”

Have you tried Ctrl+U in the other mail clients? I’m sure it works with TBird (which I use).

“We’re not exactly sure as to why you would want to do that, but it’s always nice to have the option.”

I use the view source option before I report a spam message, and when reporting it. If you can figure out what the technical mumbo-jumbo is saying, you can figure out if a spam originated from a certain domain or if it’s just a spoof.

Also, if you plan to report spam to a mail service provider, they may ask you to include the full message source to your complaint so that they can figure out its origin.

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