For example when the email is sent a name is listed from whom it is being sent and reality the email is from another person. How does one change the email heading?
2006-08-14 14:27:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
False identification is a crime. But if you need to change the spelling of your name, you can change this easily.
- In Yahoo email, just click on OPTIONS
- for Outlook, go to the TOOLS menu and pick ACCOUNTS. Check each e-mail address that you have programmed in.
Good luck
2006-08-14 14:33:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its called email spoofing. It involves simply setting the display name or “from” field of outgoing messages to show a name or address other than the actual one from which the message is sent. Most POP e-mail clients allow you to change the text displayed in this field to whatever you want.
You will be able to tell if it really originated from the address it says its from by checking the mail's full headers.
Spammers use more sophisticated methods to fake the email headers so that it wont be obvious. They use mail relayers.
2006-08-14 21:38:17 · answer #2 · answered by poweribo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was in Outlook Express Help.
To change the way your name appears to other people
On the Tools menu in Outlook Express, point to the name of your messenger service, and then click Options.
On the General tab under My Display Name, click your name, and then type the one you want.
Other people who have you in their lists will see your new name the next time they log on.
Note
If you want other people to see your name change immediately, you can change your status to Appear Offline and then change it back to Online.
Hope that helps.
Yahoo will be similar.
2006-08-14 21:34:16 · answer #3 · answered by phy333 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to ur email page, click on options> general preferences> from name> type ur new name here> save. It will solve ur problem.
2006-08-16 02:03:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well if ur email is yahoo(which it probably is) check ur mail and then go to options...then look 4 general preferences and click that..that should help u...
2006-08-14 21:31:39 · answer #5 · answered by hello taco. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you asking how YOU change it, or how someone has falsified an incoming address?
2006-08-14 21:37:41 · answer #6 · answered by JustaThought 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you can leave the TO blank and but it under BCC but if you watn your name to be differnt you have to change that in the settnigs...
2006-08-14 21:32:33 · answer #7 · answered by Adam D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it can be done.
2006-08-14 21:32:02 · answer #8 · answered by jacqui B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋