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	These tables are adapted from [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], Gareth Knight, Digital Curation Specialist, InSPECT project, 30 March 2009, Sec. 2.1, Significant properties that must be maintained.		These tables are adapted from [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], Gareth Knight, Digital Curation Specialist, InSPECT project, 30 March 2009, Sec. 2.1, Significant properties that must be maintained.

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−	These tables are adapted from, [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], Gareth Knight, Digital Curation Specialist, InSPECT project, 30 March 2009, Sec. 2.1, Significant ~~Properties~~ that ~~Must~~ be ~~Maintained~~.	+	These tables are adapted from [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], Gareth Knight, Digital Curation Specialist, InSPECT project, 30 March 2009, Sec. 2.1, Significant properties that must be maintained.

	====Agents====		====Agents====

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−	These tables are adapted from ~~Recommended Property Set~~, [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], Gareth Knight, Digital Curation Specialist, InSPECT project, 30 March 2009.	+	These tables are adapted from, [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], Gareth Knight, Digital Curation Specialist, InSPECT project, 30 March 2009, Sec. 2.1, Significant Properties that Must be Maintained.

	====Agents====		====Agents====

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 |A short string that may identify the topic of the message. The subject line may be blank, indicate the content of the email to which the Sender is replying, or contain other information.
 |The Subject may provide qualitative information that indicates the message purpose. Additionally, it may provide a simple method to sort several emails into a thread when used in conjunction with the received date.
 |-
 |Attachments (if present)
 |An identifier that indicates one or more attachments associated with the email.
+|
 |-

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 |Message body and associated mark-up
+|
-|Markup may be necessary to preserve, depending on the type and format of the message for more information, see [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], 2.2.1.5. Message Body.
+|Markup may be necessary to preserve, depending on the type and format of the message. For more information, see [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], 2.2.1.5. Message Body.
 |-
 |}

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 |Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying the domain from which the message originated.
 |-
-|Domain-literal (if present)
+|Domain-literal
 |The IP address of the source or destination domain.
 |Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying the machine address from which the message originated.

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 |Domain-literal (if present)
 |The IP address of the source or destination domain.
-|Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying the machine address from which the message originated
+|Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying the machine address from which the message originated.
 |-
 |Display name (if present)
-|A plain text indication of the Agent ‘s name
+|A plain text indication of the Agent's name.
 |Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying the name of the Agent specified for the mail account.
 |-
 |Relationship
-|The relationship that the Agent has with the email message, e.g. creator, sender, recipient (primary, CC, BCC)
+|The relationship that the Agent has with the email message, e.g. creator, sender, recipient (primary, CC, BCC).
-|Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying how each agent relates to the email
+|Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying how each agent relates to the email.
 |-
 |}

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-This table lists properties and components taken from Recommended Property Set, [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], Gareth Knight, Digital Curation Specialist, InSPECT project, 30 March 2009.
+These tables are adapted from Recommended Property Set, [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], Gareth Knight, Digital Curation Specialist, InSPECT project, 30 March 2009.
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 |- style="background-color:#cccccc;"
 !style="width:10%"|'''name'''
-!style="width:10%"|'''definition'''
+!style="width:30%"|'''definition'''
 !style="width:30%"|'''function description'''
 |-
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 |Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying the machine address from which the message originated
 |-
-|Display name
+|Display name (if present)
 |A plain text indication of the Agent ‘s name
 |Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying the name of the Agent specified for the mail account.
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 |Establishes the provenance (and as a result support or contradict its authenticity) of message by identifying how each agent relates to the email
 |-
-|Subject
+|}
-|A short string that may identify the topic of the message. The subject line may be blank, indicate the content of the email to which the Sender is replying, or contain other information.
-|The Subject may provide qualitative information that indicates the message purpose. Additionally, it may provide a simple method to sort several emails into a thread when used in conjunction with the received date.
+</br>
 |-
-|Trace-field
+|- style="background-color:#cccccc;"
-|Indicates the route that the email took to travel from the sender from the recipient and when it occurred. A repeatable value consisting of an optional “Return-Path” field and one or more “Received” fields.
+!style="width:10%"|'''name'''
-|The trace fields are external to the control of the sender and recipient and, therefore may be thought more trustworthy than the Sent and Received date for validation.
+!style="width:30%"|'''definition'''
-|-
+!style="width:30%"|'''function description'''
 |-
 |Message-ID
+|A unique identifier created by the domain from which the email originated that is embedded within the email header. The message-id is found in received emails and is not present in local emails.
+|The message-id should be used when attempting to understand the relationship between two or more emails that constitute a thread. It is beneficial when the subject line has changed. However, it has only limited use when handling a single email.
 |-
 |Sent-date
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 |Indicates the datetime that an email was received. However, it does not confirm that the email was downloaded or read by a recipient.
 |-
-|Keywords
+|Trace-field
+|
+|
 |-
 |Message body and associated mark-up
+|
+|Markup may be necessary to preserve, depending on the type and format of the message for more information, see [http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html#_Toc254545915 Significant Properties Testing Report: Email], 2.2.1.5. Message Body.
 |-
 |}