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Parts of an email message
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An email message consists of these three basic distinct parts:
- Header,
- Message body, and
- Signatures
Figure 1 shows these three basic parts of an email message:
Figure 1 parts of an email address: headers, body, and signatures
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Although there are many header fields in an email message, to the average email user only the following headers are probably the most important:
| Header field | Description | What it contains | Provided by |
|---|---|---|---|
| From | This specifies sender’s email address. | Sender’s email address | Automatically by the sender’s email server. |
| To | This specifies the person who will receive the message | One or email address(es). For emailing multiple recipients, separate each email address with a comma. Note there is no comma after the last email address. | By the sender. |
| Date/Time | Indicates when the message was sent. | Date and time. | Automatically by the email server |
| Subject | This specifies the subject of the email. | Email subject | The sender |
| Size | This specifies the size of the email message. | Email message size | Automatically by the email server |
Detailed headers of an email message.
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Message body
This is the main part that the recipient is interested in. A message can be any number of things or combination of:
- Text,
- Graphics,
- Web page,
- Animation,
- Video or audio, or
- Attachments
Signature
A signature appears at the end. A signature can be a graphic, web page, or just plain-text. An email client can be configured to automatically add an signature to each outgoing message.
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