Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:02:55 -0400
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> True, but the received lines from the point at which the message
> entered the Internet *are* valid.

Nope.  The only ones you can trust are as far back as machines you
trust.  If you trust delorie.com, you can trust the "Received ... by
delorie.com" line, but you can't always trust the lines further out
than that - they're easily faked also.