How to prove that an email has been sent?

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Published on 2009-11-30T23:11:08Z Indexed on 2010/06/10 15:03 UTC
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Hi,

I have a dispute on my hands in which the other party (landlord's real estate agent) dishonestly claims to not have received an email that I truly did send.

My questions is, what are the ways to prove that the email was indeed sent?

Thus far, the methods that I have already thought of are:

  • Screenshot of the mail in the outbox
  • Forwarding a copy of the original email

I am aware of other things like HTTP/ SMTP headers etc that would exist as well.

  • Are these useful for my purposes, and if so how do I extract these?

The email in question was sent using Yahoo webmail ( http://au.mail.yahoo.com/ ).


Edit: I am not seeking legal advice here, just technical advice as to how to gather this information.

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