You said — “LOL - you want a printed sheet that says ANY server numbers and you consider that evidence ?”
It’s more like this is actually the server that sent a real e-mail, versus one that was made up. And you can verify that not only was it this server that sent it, but it was “that server” that received this one particular e-mail. So, it’s showing that it was actually an e-mail that was sent.
And, that’s why I said it was only a 1/2 way gesture, because it’s not satisfactory. But, it would at least be 1/2 way.
To avoid the situation in which someone takes an actual e-mail and just puts in some made up language, versus what the e-mail originally had, we can check the server information for other clues. One of those clues will be size. We can verify the size of the e-mail in bytes.
And, I’m sure that there are a list of other checks to verify things.
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. — If this is a student to a professor, it was all handled “in house” anyway, and then it would be much easier to check, and also much easier to verify authenticity.
” If this is a student to a professor, it was all handled “in house” anyway”
Again, you don’t know that, and it really makes no sense to assume that it’s right.
It MAY have been, but it could very easily have not been.
Without access to the prof’s online in box, assuming the email has not been deleted from the server, you may never have your evidence.