Detecting spam

Jason -

Thanks for the article. I had read it before I asked my question in this thread. It is a good article but not detailed enough (or I missed it) to get at the heart of my issue. Please see the reply that I'm fixing to give Eric Root.

Eric - I like the steps you provided. I figured there had to be something like that. However, it appears that I have to actually open the email message to view the header. I was hoping to be able to view the header without even opening the mail in question. If there is a way to do that, please let me know.

As I think I previously stated, I am generally aware of spam, phishing, etc. But since this one email might be from someone responding to me re my bank, I didn't want to automatically either mark as 'junk' or just delete it. Thus I was hoping to see the sender's address w/o opening the email itself.

I have to admit that viewing a header in a msg from a friend, I'm not sure I understand all the details. Perhaps if I studied it long enough I would figure out the relevant details.

For now I think I'm going to delete that email. If it truly is important, I would hope that someone legit would try to contact me again. Perhaps by phone. Anyway, thanks for your help.