Obviously. There is an underlying analytical issue that is more interesting. I think it may help in diagnosing future "questions" assuming of course a basic familiarity with the FAQs and documentation.
We often forget that everything in computing is 1s and 0s. All else is an abstraction of that reality, and there are layer upon layer of abstractions. For example, in the case what Outlook displays in its representation of a header record, it is just that: Outlook's representation of parts of a message object. It is never complete, nor does it include several items that are of occasional interest. Even if you assemble all of the data from the event logs (assuming that every aspect of the life of a message was logged - which in itself is not highly probable), one would still only have a part of the picture. The point is, that when looking at something on a screen, the single most important skill that an administrator can bring to the table is the ability to recognize what is being represented, and what its source is. And, be aware of the limitations of this ability to correctly perceive. One of the more interesting misperceptions that I have been trying to get people to recognize recently deals with the source of name resolution data that may at first appear to be coming from a DNS server someplace. Such data only rarely comes from DNS, but typically comes from the switch/router cache and is attributed to the DNS - an interesting and not so obvious subtlety. As human beings, we tend to go through life with little awareness of how our minds treat abstractions and dithered data as though they were real. This is why it is so very difficult to see "black hearts" as anything other than spades in a magician's card deck. Our minds routinely modify and omit data in order to fit expected patterns. We treat a computer display as though it were "real" instead of being an abstraction many layers removed from reality. There was a good Star Trek NG on this topic in which Riker was able to use a derelict ship in war games to project an image on sensors that was not real, which anyone who had bothered to look out the window might have realized. That stuff on your computer screen is not real. It never was, and never will be, even when we do finally field SIP services. -----Original Message----- From: Schwartz, Jim [mailto:JSchwartz@;BBandT.com] Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 8:17 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: How did I receive this? Blind Carbon Copy. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:rrivera@;elnuevodia.com] Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 8:54 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: How did I receive this? I just received an email (and possibly others in my company) but it did not have a 'To:' (receipient). I am attaching all of the information I could gather from the email. How is it possible for an email without a destination recipient to be delivered? Thanks! Raul -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Received: from Webshield (10.1.9.90 [10.1.9.90]) by end_mail.elnuevodia.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id WM4JL53Q; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:40:17 -0400 Received: from unknown(10.1.9.10) by Webshield via csmap id 18092; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:36:09 -0400 (AST) Received: from node-c-3eb5.a2000.nl ([62.194.62.181]) by endfirewall.elnuevodia.com via smtpd (for [10.1.9.90]) with SMTP; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:49:30 -0400 From: "MRS M. SESE SEKO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 06:38:28 -0800 Subject: BUSINESS ASSISTANCE X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6900 DM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
