Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780133594140
Author: James Kurose, Keith Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem R17RQ

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Header of received message:

An example of a received message is mentioned below:

Received:

from 95.45.239.128 (EHLO bay7-omc9-s8.bay7.gmail.com) (95.45.239.128) by hollyholmes.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Sat, 14 July 2018 11:00:00 -0700

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from gmail.com ([95.55.135.136]) by bay7-omc9-s8.bay7.gmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.37909.2698); Sat, 14 July 2018 10:59:42 -0700

Received: from 95.55.135.123 by by131fd.bay131.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 14 July 2018 10:57:36 GMT From: "Narula dhawan" Naruladhawan@hotmail.com

To: narula@yahoo.com

Bcc:

Subject: Testing mail

Date: Sat, 14 July 2018 11:14:36 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: Text/html; format=flowed

Return-Path: Naruladhawan@hotmail.com

Figure: A sample mail message header

Analyzing headers in the example of received message:

Received: This header field indicates the sequence in which the SMTP servers send and receive the mail message including the respective timestamps...

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