On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 09:26:30AM -0500, Jim Erickson wrote: > thank you it is good to at least know what the problem is. is this a new > google policy to write things this way? my "From:" line ... Careful. You are looking for a line starting with "From", *with no colon*. This is the so-called "envelope from", aka "bounce address" [1]. The address there comes from the (last) SMTP protocol exchange. The "From:" (with a colon) you are seeing is probably just an ordinary mail header, which, as seen from the SMTP protocol is part of the mail body. Cheers [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounce_address - t