Scripting of Email Headers

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I'm lucky that I held on to an email account whose domain (scr*****g.net) enables me to have an infinite number of aliases. That's great for registering with on-line providers because I can craft a unique contact email address for each provider and when the spam arrives I know the culprit, because the spam will be addressed to the email address I registered with them. (FYI Insuresupermarket.com are a major culprit)

Now, the question I am going to ask might make be sound like a spammer, which I am not (but you've only got my word for it).

What I would like to do is have a simple script that changes my email address and reply-to address in the headers of emails I write according to the date and time I create an email. E.g. 20090124_1525@<my email account><my email domain>. The reason is the impact of emails being repetitively forwarded with the previous senders' details intact (see the end of this rant - http://www.kitz.co.uk/tech/forwardmail.htm) and I would at least like to know know which recipients of mine have a contact path to a spammer. If I start getting spam addressed to 20090124_1530@<..><..> I'll be able to trace back to the person I sent the email to that triggered it all off.

I can do this manually but it gets laborious and I forget to update it each time. I know in reality my true email address won't be hidden to the clever ones (I send through google and receive through this other account), but it should improve my situation to some degree.

As I don't know the first thing about scripting (XP) I thought I could ask you experts out there.

My email client is Windows Live Mail, but even an example for OE would be fantastic.

TIA

S





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