email headers from Universal Studios C&D: may 2001

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Examining Email Headers

Note: If you get a "C&D" via email, make sure it is really coming from the stated source. It is my understanding that Received lines cannot be forged (also a useful thing to know with the recent spate of email viruses sending bogus emails). I verified that the domains mentioned (bolded) in the received lines were Universal's, and my then-ISP (dimensional.com). unistudios.com took me to Universal's page with Universal's real URL and no other URL in between in the browser history. At least, that's how I remember it. I felt satisfied that the email was genuine.
In retrospect, a better way to check unknown domains in the received lines is to do a "whois" (internic.net) to see who owns the unknown domains versus who owns the known valid domain (universalstudios.com in this case). Another point might be to whois all of the IP addresses, now that I think of it (see internic.net or arin.net).

Email Headers from the Universal Studios C&D:

Message-ID: <[id deleted]@usintex12lax.unistudios.com>
From: "[lawyer's name deleted]" <[email address deleted]@unistudios.com>
To: "'suzannem@oldemail.com'" <suzannem@oldemail.com>
Cc: "'copyright@yahoo-inc.com'" <copyright@yahoo-inc.com>
Subject: Infringement of Universal Properties
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 10:27:33 -0700
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
         charset="iso-8859-1"
Status: