Email

Radiograph: Headers

Who really sent this email

Received: from mail.example.net (203.0.113.10)

Authentication-Results: spf=pass dkim=pass dmarc=pass

DKIM-Signature: v=1; d=example.com; s=sel1; b=Q2hl…

Return-Path: <ana@example.com>

From: Ana <ana@example.com>

Reply-To: ana@example.com

To: tu@example.org

Subject: Tomorrow's meeting

Message-ID: <abc123@example.com>

Route

Received is added by every server. Read it bottom to top.

Authentication

SPF, DKIM and DMARC: pass or fail.

Identity

From is what you see; Return-Path is the real envelope.

Content

Recipient, subject, date and message identifier.

Spoofing signs

  • • From different from Return-Path or a Reply-To on another domain
  • • dmarc=fail, spf=fail o dkim=fail
  • • A Received with an IP that does not belong to the sender
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If the From lies, DMARC exposes it.