How to view Email headers
Viewing E-mail Headers
Microsoft Outlook 98, 2000, 2002, 2003
- Double-click on the message to open it in a separate window.
- Click on View and then Options on the drop-down menu at the top of the window.
- Look for the section titled INTERNET HEADERS near the bottom of the Options window.
- You can highlight the text within the INTERNET HEADERS section to copy it to a new message if you need to send these headers to someone.
Microsoft Outlook Express 5 & 6
- Right-click on the message and select Properties.
- Select the Details tab.
- You should see a section titled Internet Headers for this message.
- You can highlight the text within the Internet Headers section to copy it to a new message if you need to send these headers to someone.
- Double-click on the message to open it in a separate window.
- Hit the backspace key or type Ctrl-h on your keyboard to show the full headers.
- If you want to forward these headers to someone, hit the F key after completing step 2.
- Double-click on the message to open it in a separate window.
- Click on the button labeled BLAH BLAH BLAH at the top of the window. This will show the message headers.
- You can then highlight and copy the headers into a new message for forwarding to someone.
- Double-click the e-mail you want to view the headers on.
- Click on the View drop-down menu and select Headers and then select All.
- This will show the headers for any message you view.
- After you open the Mail app, click the on the Mail drop-down menu and select Preferences.
- Click on the Viewing icon.
- Click on the arrow on the Show header detail and select All.
- You will now see the full headers of each message you view.
- Once you are logged in, right-click on the message you want to view.
- From the menu that appears, choose 'Show Original.'
- This will open up a new window and display the full message, including the headers.
- Once you are logged in, click on Options
- Click on Mail.
- Click on Mail Display Settings.
- Change the Message Headers section to Advanced.
- Click OK.
- Now when you read an e-mail, it should show you the full message headers.
- Once you are logged in, click on Mail Options.
- Click on General Preferences.
- Under the Messages section, select Show all headers on incoming messages for the Headers option.
- Click Save.
- You should now see the full headers of every message you view.
- While viewing a message, click on the More options arrow in the upper-right of your message pane.
- Click on Show original.
- This will display the headers for that message in a new window.