In order to get Full E-Mail Header from major free email provider and E-Mail Client (Microsoft Outlook & Outlook Express), kindly refer to the step as below.
Outlook Express:
- Open your Outlook Express.
- Right click on the E-Mail whose headers you want to view, a drop down menu will appear.
- From the menu, choose “Properties”.
- Click on the “Detail” tab and you will be able to see the E-Mail header.
Microsoft Outlook 2002/2003:
- Select the email and Right-click the message without opening it, then click “Options” from the drop-down menu.
- A box called “Message Options” pops up.
- Near the bottom of the box you’ll see a text area titled “Internet headers”.
- Highlight the contents, then right-click. You can copy the headers and paste them into an email message or another application.
Mozilla Thunderbird:
- Select the email and Double-click to open the email in a new window.
- Go to View and click Message Source and one more new window will popped out.
- Copy the full email header content and paste it on a email or another application.
Windows Live Hotmail/MSN:
Note: This article is refer to Windows Live Hotmail Full version.
- Right click on the closed E-Mail and a drop down menu will appear.
- Choose View Source on the drop down menu.
- E-Mail header information will show in new Windows.
GMail:
- Log into your GMail Account.
- Open the E-Mail whose headers you want to view.
- You will see “Reply” button on top right of the message pane.
- Click on the little arrow pointing down next to “Reply”.
- Select on “Show original” as images above and the E-Mail header will show in new Windows.
Yahoo! Mail:
- Log into your Yahoo! E-Mail account.
- Open the E-Mail whose headers you want to view.
- Scroll down to the bottom right of the E-Mail, select on “Full Headers”.
- E-Mail header information will show in new Windows.
Apple Mail:
- Click at the selected email.
- Click at View > Message > Long Headers
- Copy the entire information and paste it at notepad for us to analyze.
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