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What Forwarded Messages Look Like

When a message is forwarded to another user by the action being specified as "forward address", then filter can generate one of two styles of message. If the message is to you, then it simply adds it to your mailbox in such a way as to ensure that the return address is that of the person who sent the message.

If not, then the message is enclosed in a message of the form:

From taylor Thu Oct 2 15:07:04 1986 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 86 15:06:58 pdt Subject: "filter test" From: The filter of taylor@hpldat To: hpldat!taylor X-Filtered-By: filter, version 1.4 -- Begin filtered message -- From taylor Thu Oct 2 15:06:41 1986 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 86 15:06:33 pdt From: Dave Taylor Subject: filter test Just a simple test. -- End of filtered message --

The subject of the actual message is the same as the subject of the message being forwarded, but in quotes. The From: header indicates how the message was sent, and the X-Filtered-By: header identifies what version of filter was used.

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