[Gmail-Users] Re: GMail Sans "Forward as Attachment" & "Redirect" Capability

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:19:35 -0500
Fanis Hatzidakis <theofanis.hatzidakis@gmail.com>
Subject: [Gmail-Users] Re: GMail Sans "Forward as Attachment" & "Redirect" Capability
Wrote these words of wisdom:

>
> On 12/18/05, Gerard <Gerard.Seibert@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It has come to my attention that GMail does not support the "forward
> > as attachment" per RFC 822 recommendations. In fact, it does not
> > support this concept at all.
>
> You can get the full email source by clicking on "Show original" in
> Gmail. Then, you can paste that in a new email (or save as file and
> attach), et voila, "forward as attachment". So Gmail does support the
> concept (or atleast gives advanced users the capability to do it).

Been there, done that. It is not the same concept though. The additional
material is added into the new, not the forwarded email. I work for
certain organizations that analyse email, those that contain phishing
schemes, viruses, etc. They require the entire email, headers included,
in order to properly analyse the specimen. These are automated processes.
Adding the headers manually to a new message is not a viable solution.
What would be acceptable is for Google to implement 'Forward as
Attachment" into its repertoire.
>
> >
> > I personally find this to be a serious liability for the GMail program.
>
> Does the majority of users have the same opinion, though? How many
> users will use Gmail to forward an email as an attachment, to preserve
> the original headers etc?

No idea. How about we see if Google would put up a survey on its home
page to find out?
>
> > I have also discovered that there is no "redirect" function either.
> > Both of these features are employed by most high quality MUA's.
>
> You mean Eudora. I don't recall a redirect feature in Outlook or
> Thunderbird. Again, something that only advanced users will have need
> for, and not even that often.

Actually, there are many MUA's including Becky Internet Mail, my own
personal favorite, that employ this technology. The is an RFC, the
number escapes me now, that deals with this.
>
> > I believe it would behoove Google to consider their implementation into
> > there mail system
>
> Then go ahead and suggest it to them.
>
Ancient history!
> >
> > --
> > Gerard Seibert
>
> Fanis

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