LOL. It's just dirty to read and understand. When an email is sent there is a record of the servers that sent the email and received it along with some other goodies. Unless you choose to see them, they are "invisible" and they are also not available in most web-based email services. A header looks like this:
Return-path: <thisaddress@thelaw.com>
Envelope-to:
thataddress@thelaw.com
Delivery-date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:36:48 -0400
Received: from myserver.mydns.net ([64.62.134.218] helo=mail.thelaw.com)
by myserver.mydns.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <thataddress@thelaw.com>)
id 1Lh7lI-0006zv-AP
for
thisaddress@thelaw.com; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:36:48 -0400
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:37:12 +0000
To:
thisaddress@thelaw.com
From: "TheLaw.com Forums - Free legal advice since 1995" <thataddress@thelaw.com>
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