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How do I find the complete message header for an email?
General questions Updated on June 29, 2010
- Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002/XP, 2003
- Microsoft Outlook 2007
- Microsoft Outlook 2010, 2013
- Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4, 5 and 6
- Microsoft Exchange
- Hotmail
- Yahoo Mail
- Juno
- Excite Webmail
- Gmail
- Apple Mail
- AOL browser
- AOL webmail
- Thunderbird
To get the Internet message header for an email, find your email client below and follow the steps provided:
- Open the message in a separate window (double click)
- Under the View menu select Options
- Copy the text in the "Internet Headers" window.
- Open Outlook 2007 and navigate to the necessary email.
- Right click on the email and select "Message Options"
- The bottom part of the window should show the "Internet Headers"
- Open Outlook 2010 and navigate to the necessary email
- Click on the "File" Ta
- Click "Properties"
- The bottom part of the window should show the "Internet Headers"
- Select the email.
- From the View menu, choose Source. A new window will appear containing the email with full headers.
- Click the File menu.
- Click Properties.
- Click the Details tab.
- Click Message Source.
- Open your browser and navigate to Hotmail.com
- Navigate to and open the necessary email
- Click the down arrow next to "Reply" in the message’s header area near the sender and subject.
- Select "View Message Source" from the menu
- Open your browser and navigate to mail.yahoo.com
- Navigate to and open the necessary email.
- Click "Actions" -> "View Full Header"
- In the Juno mail client, click "file" and then "Save Message as Text File". (ctrl-T).
- Give the file a name that you will remember.
- Double-click on the resulting file and then cut-and-paste the contents.
- Sign in to your email account.
- Click on Preferences on the Email home page
- Click on Email Preferences
- Check the box to display headers
- Click on Save
- Open your browser and navigate to Gmail.com
- Navigate to and open the necessary email
- At the top right of the email message, click on the more button (looks like a small down arrow)
- Select "Show Original"
- Open your Mac Mail program and navigate to the necessary email.
- While viewing the email, click on the "View" category in the apple toolbar.
- Navigate to Message-> "View Raw Source"
- Double-click to open the message in the in-box
- This link will appear at the top of the email: Sent from the Internet (Details)
- Click the Details link to view the message headers
- Double-click to open the message in the in-box
- In the toolbar above, click Action and choose View Message Source Note: If you have a popup blocker enabled, you may need to hold down the Ctrl button as you click View Message Source, or to right-click the blocked pop-up message and choose Temporarily Allow Pop-ups.
- This will open a copy of the email with the message headers at the top
- Double-click to open the message in a separate window
- Click View and select Message Source
- Copy the message headers that appear at the top of the page, above the email text
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