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"FORWARD AN EMAIL MESSAGE" Page 1, 2, 3, 4

What it Should Look Like

Let's have a look at how a message forwarding another message should look like.

The Header

First, the message headers -- those of your message, not the one you want to forward:

From: Heinz Tschabitscher <sender@example.com>
To: heinzl <heinzl@example.com>
Cc: lilou <liloustan@example.com>
Subject: Fwd: Kafka, Kafka!

As you see, the "Fwd: " indicates that the message contains a forwarded message. It is not absolutely necessary, however, just a convention.

The Body

The body could (or should) like this:

Hi,

Peter, in a kafkaesque way, sent me the following.
I follow him.

----- begin forwarded message -----

From: Pet/er <semper@example.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 01:16:00 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Kafka, Kafka!

Does he write beautiful sentences? (Yes)
Does he write true sentences? (Yes)

"There goes the help, without having helped."* (Yes)

--
* Apparently (?) Kafka's last words (??)

have nice dreams!
Pet/er

----- end forwarded message -----

gute nackt,
-heinz\l

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