A Complete Analysis on Netscape Email Header

Nowadays, There are various email clients available in the online market to establish the communication. Emails are not only used to exchange messages but also to share videos, audios, different kind of attachments, etc. Netscape is one of the Email client. It is available for Windows, Linux, and MAC. It is a desktop-based email client, which is developed by Netscape and also known as "Netscape Messenger". By using Netscape Mail, users can configure and manage various email accounts. Every email message contains its header. If a user wants to know the complete information of a particular email, Email Message Headers can be used. These Email Message Headers contains all the information, which includes date, time, subject, receiver, sender, etc. In the following section we will discuss, The way to view Nestscape Email Header and a complete analysis of the same.

How to View Netscape Email Header

• Login to your Netscape account by adding the credentials.
• Now, click on "View" Menu. Then, choose "Headers" from the options. Then, select "ALL"

• Once you done that, you can see the header of the email.

Analysis of Netscape Email Header

Every Mail consists of various technical aspects inside it. These attributes are very helpful whenever a user or a forensic team wants to know the complete information of a particular mail. With the help of Email header one can easily catch the culprit. Therefore, in this part of this article we will analyze each attribute of a Netscape Email Header.

Return- Path: There is a hidden field in each email, which is known as "Return-Path." This attribute is also known as "envelope sender address" or "bouncer address". It contains the address of that message from where it comes. Whenever a user sends any mail on the server, the Return-Path sets a value automatically. This value, by default, works with server.

Received: This provides the header's field that is received in each message procedure. It consists of the IP address of the sender along with the complete information of Transport Layer Security.

Message-ID: This attribute provides a message identifier, which is unique. It refers to a particular version of a particular message. Host that generates this message identifier guaranteed its uniqueness.

X-Originating-IP: It helps to know the IP address of the computer that has sent that particular mail. This is the easiest way to find the original sender of the mail.

X Originating Email: It is added to the header for the identification of the IP address of a client, which is connected to a mail services HTTP frontend. Web fronted acts as proxy, which is internally connected to the mail service.

X-Sender: This contains the extra information about the sender who has sent that mail.

From: This is the least reliable header as it can be copied easily. It shows that who actually send the mail.

To: It provides the information to whom the message of the mail is addressed. However, it does not enclose the address of the receiver.

Subject: As the name indicates, this header shows the topic of the content, which is present in the mail.

Date: It shows the date and the time of that particular mail. It helps in a greater way to know the exact date of the composed mail.

Mime-Version: From this attribute the version of the MIME protocol can be known that a sender had used to send the mail. This is can be ignored like other MIME versions.

Content-Type: This header includes the type of the whole content, which is present in the email.

X- OriginalArrivalTime: This header shows the time of the arrived mail so that the user can identify all the details easily in proper form.

Conclusion

The analysis of email header plays an important role while investigating to find out the real culprit.Tools such as Forensic Mail Header Search can also be used. In this following write-up, we have discussed the method to view Netscape Email Message Header and analyzed its each attribute. This makes easy for the users in understanding and performing the investigation procedure.