>Hello,
>
>I just noticed that my computer name shows in emails in the "From" section
>along with the IP address.
>
>This doesn't happen on all my computers, just my laptop.
>
>How can I hide my computer name?
>
>Windows xp pro.  I have a wireless network (secure/hidden) + zone labs
>firewall.
>
>Thank you
>scott

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <4C0395AC-C266-4402-AD35-3D3DA5F6A***@microsoft.com>,
> scottu5 <scot***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I just noticed that my computer name shows in emails in the "From" section
> >along with the IP address.
> >
> >This doesn't happen on all my computers, just my laptop.
> >
> >How can I hide my computer name?
> >
> >Windows xp pro.  I have a wireless network (secure/hidden) + zone labs
> >firewall.
> >
> >Thank you
> >scott
>
> I don't see IP addresses or computer names in the "From" section of an
> E-mail message.  I sometimes see them in the section that starts with
> "Received: from".  Is that what you mean?
>
> What goes into that section is determined by your E-mail sending
> program: a web mail site, Outlook Express, Eudora, Mozilla
> Thunderbird, etc.  The sending program's name sometimes appears in the
> "X-Mailer" section.
>
> What do you use to send E-mail on the laptop?  Is that different than
> on the other computers?
>

"scottu5" wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> yes the "received from" and yes you are correct, I use outlook express on
> the laptop only.
>
> So I need to go into outlook to correct the issue?
>
> thanks for responding.
> scott
>
> "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > In article <4C0395AC-C266-4402-AD35-3D3DA5F6A***@microsoft.com>,
> > scottu5 <scot***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I just noticed that my computer name shows in emails in the "From" section
> > >along with the IP address.
> > >
> > >This doesn't happen on all my computers, just my laptop.
> > >
> > >How can I hide my computer name?
> > >
> > >Windows xp pro.  I have a wireless network (secure/hidden) + zone labs
> > >firewall.
> > >
> > >Thank you
> > >scott
> >
> > I don't see IP addresses or computer names in the "From" section of an
> > E-mail message.  I sometimes see them in the section that starts with
> > "Received: from".  Is that what you mean?
> >
> > What goes into that section is determined by your E-mail sending
> > program: a web mail site, Outlook Express, Eudora, Mozilla
> > Thunderbird, etc.  The sending program's name sometimes appears in the
> > "X-Mailer" section.
> >
> > What do you use to send E-mail on the laptop?  Is that different than
> > on the other computers?
> >

>> > >Hello,
>> > >
>> > >I just noticed that my computer name shows in emails in the "From" section
>> > >along with the IP address.
>> > >
>> > >This doesn't happen on all my computers, just my laptop.
>> > >
>> > >How can I hide my computer name?
>> > >
>> > >Windows xp pro.  I have a wireless network (secure/hidden) + zone labs
>> > >firewall.
>> > >
>> > >Thank you
>> > >scott
>> >
>> > I don't see IP addresses or computer names in the "From" section of an
>> > E-mail message.  I sometimes see them in the section that starts with
>> > "Received: from".  Is that what you mean?
>> >
>> > What goes into that section is determined by your E-mail sending
>> > program: a web mail site, Outlook Express, Eudora, Mozilla
>> > Thunderbird, etc.  The sending program's name sometimes appears in the
>> > "X-Mailer" section.
>> >
>> > What do you use to send E-mail on the laptop?  Is that different than
>> > on the other computers?
>> >
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> yes the "received from" and yes you are correct, I use outlook express on
>> the laptop only.
>>
>> So I need to go into outlook to correct the issue?
>>
>> thanks for responding.
>> scott
>
>Steve (or anyone)
>
>Is there a way to change the parameters in 'outlook' to prevent the computer
>'name' from showing up?
>
>Thanks
>scott

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <0CD259E3-BF61-4A20-BD48-00C452782***@microsoft.com>,
> scottu5 <scot***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> > >Hello,
> >> > >
> >> > >I just noticed that my computer name shows in emails in the "From" section
> >> > >along with the IP address.
> >> > >
> >> > >This doesn't happen on all my computers, just my laptop.
> >> > >
> >> > >How can I hide my computer name?
> >> > >
> >> > >Windows xp pro.  I have a wireless network (secure/hidden) + zone labs
> >> > >firewall.
> >> > >
> >> > >Thank you
> >> > >scott
> >> >
> >> > I don't see IP addresses or computer names in the "From" section of an
> >> > E-mail message.  I sometimes see them in the section that starts with
> >> > "Received: from".  Is that what you mean?
> >> >
> >> > What goes into that section is determined by your E-mail sending
> >> > program: a web mail site, Outlook Express, Eudora, Mozilla
> >> > Thunderbird, etc.  The sending program's name sometimes appears in the
> >> > "X-Mailer" section.
> >> >
> >> > What do you use to send E-mail on the laptop?  Is that different than
> >> > on the other computers?
> >> >
> >> Hi Steve,
> >>
> >> yes the "received from" and yes you are correct, I use outlook express on
> >> the laptop only.
> >>
> >> So I need to go into outlook to correct the issue?
> >>
> >> thanks for responding.
> >> scott
> >
> >Steve (or anyone)
> >
> >Is there a way to change the parameters in 'outlook' to prevent the computer
> >'name' from showing up?
> >
> >Thanks
> >scott
>
> Hi, Scott.  Programs like Outlook Express use the Simple Mail Transfer
> Protocol (SMTP) to send mail, as defined here:
>
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt
>
> The command that the mail program uses to open communications with a
> mail server includes the host name of the sender.  Outlook Express
> uses the computer name for that, and I don't know of a way to change
> that behavior.  Sorry.
>
> Why do you want to change it?  If your computer is properly
> firewalled, I don't think that sending your computer name is a
> security risk.
>