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Complete Description of MailEnable Email Header


MailEnable is an email service that uses a web browser for sending or receiving emails over the internet, just like other standard email clients such as Outlook, Thunderbird, etc. MailEnable is ideal for mobile users because it can be access from anywhere and at any time. It supports all mobile devices such as iPhone or iPad. It provides fast access of emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc. on any electronic device connected to the internet. Each email on MailEnable has an email header, which contains complete details of an email message that include data, time, sender's information, receiver's information, etc. Sometimes, a user needs to view email header portion of a particular email message on MailEnable webmail to get the complete detail of that email. Therefore, in this post, we are going to discuss a procedure to open MailEnable email header and we are also describing each attribute of MailEnable mail header.

How To View MailEnable Email Header


A user can open the email header portion of any email on MailEnable webmail by performing few simple steps. In order, to open the header portion of any email on MailEnable email application follows the below-mentioned steps:

  • Log In to MailEnable webmail on your system and then open an email message whose complete header portion you want to see by double clicking on that email
  • Now, click on View Header button to open the header portion of that particular mail

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  • A window will appear on your screen, which shows the complete information about the header portion of that email

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Analysis of MailEnable Email Header


In this portion, we are going to analyze the each attribute of header portion of MailEnable email message:

Delivered-To: This attribute of header portion contains complete email id of the receiver who had received the source email and on which analysis is to be performed. It displays receiver's email address.

Return-Path: Every email message is having a hidden field i.e., Return-Path address. This address is also known as sender address, which is having original email id from which an email is originated. This attribute is also used to notify that whether email messages are sent successfully or not.

Reply-To: The Reply-To header field of email header is very much useful when a user directly wants to reply to an email just by clicking on Reply button of that email. It contains the email id of the sender.

From: This field of email header contains email address of sender who has sent that particular email message. It shows sender's email id.

Subject: This attribute gives the idea about the content of a message to receiver. A subject of a message provides a reason to recipient to open that email message.

Date: This field displays the date and time in standard format on which the email message has been delivered.

MIME Version: The MIME Version shows the MIME type supported by MailEnable webmail.

Content-Type: This attribute of header portion represents the way or style in which emails are displayed in the application. It shows the character set and format of the email message.

Content Transfer Encoding: While sending an email message over the internet, an encryption is enabled to maintain email authentication. So, content transfer encoding field specifies the type of encryption performed on the content. Generally, MailEnable messages come with 7-bit encryption applied on them.

Conclusion


The main purpose of MailEnable email header analysis is to provide the complete information of the header portion of an email on MailEnable that can help a user to collect many important information related to that email message. Therefore, in this article, we have done the complete MailEnable mail header analysis. Email Search Software helps a forensic investigator to collect evidence from the email messages present in the suspect MailEnable account.