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Subject:Re: LISTBIZ: Include E-Mail address! From:Kent Newton <kentn -at- METRIX-INC -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 18 Jul 1996 12:50:00 PDT
On Thursday, July 18, 1996 10:29 AM, Bev Parks wrote:
>Mike and others using MS Exchange:
>I use MS Exchange, too. If you highlight the From addressee in the
header
>of the received message, then press the right mouse button and select
>Properties, you will see the sender's email address. You can then copy
>and paste it into a reply message. (Or add it to your address book.)
>I know that the From address doesn't look like an area you can
manipulate
>because it is not in a text box, but try it, it works!
I've down this path before, and when you check the properties of a
message from TECHWR-L, this is what you get:
TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
You *do not* get the email address of the original poster. That
information is lost in Exchange!
Kent
====
Kent Newton
Senior Technical Writer
Metrix, Inc.
kentn -at- metrix-inc -dot- com
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