Question

Which of the following fields in an email header contains the sender's email address?

• A. To
• B. From
• C. CC
• D. BCC

Answer 1

Answer:

B. From

Typically, an email message consists of two main components: header and body.

Header:

• Each email message comes with a header that's structured into various fields.
• These fields contain important information regarding the sender and the recipient(s).
• However, the content of the email header varies, depending on the email system being used.

Date and time received (On):

• This field shows the local time and date when the message was composed.
• It's a mandatory header field that's filled automatically by most email clients.

Reply-to:

If a user clicks on the Reply button, this field automatically populates the message with the sender's email address, which now becomes the "recipient."

Recipient (To):

This field shows the first and last name of the email recipient, as configured by the sender.

Recipient email address:

This is the email address of the recipient or where the message was sent.

Carbon copy (CC):

• The carbon copy field includes the email addresses of the people who need to receive the email but aren't expected to reply.
• When a person presses Reply All, all of the CC addresses receive the response.

Blind carbon copy (BCC):

• If a sender doesn't want their recipient to find out who else received the email, they could use the BCC field to enter those addresses.
• The addresses in the BCC list don't receive responses when someone presses Reply All.

Attachments:

This field contains any files that are attached to the message.

Body:

• This is the content of the email. It may contain anything the user wishes to send, including text, videos or file attachments.
• Depending on the email client used, the email body can be formatted in either plain text or HTML.
• While plain text messages can't contain special formatting or multimedia elements, HTML emails enable special formatting and inclusion of multimedia options within the body of the message.
• The message body may also include signatures or automatically generated text that the sender's email system inserts.