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How to View the Headers of Emails

The header information is like the envelope around an email telling the senders address, the time it was sent, and where it was sent from. Email header information is includes the "To" and "From" data about an email. More importantly, it also contains a lot of other information about the source of and email. Knowing how to get to the header is important if you ever want more information about where the email came from. Many email programs hide much of the header information because most of the time you don't need it. This tutorial will teach you how to read and view the full header of emails in different email programs. What the header information "means" is beyond the scope of this tutorial.

Tracking down email, virus and spam problems can be a challenge because spammers often fake or spoof information in emails so that they can hide their true identity. Many viruses take advantage of the fact that it's quite easy to spoof "most" of the information in an email header. In other words, unless you know what you're doing, don't believe everything you read.

Finding Email Headers in Different Programs

Windows

Program

Instructions

Outlook Express 4, 5, & 6
(Windows)

This must be done for each email or news message: While viewing the message, click the File menu, then click Properties. On the Details tab, you will need to right click, choose select all (this should highlight all the text). Then right click again, and choose copy. You must then paste the headers into the forwarded message (click the Edit menu, then choose Paste)

Outlook Express 4.5 & 5
(Macintosh)

This must be done for each email or news message: While viewing the message, click the View menu, then click Source. Highlight the headers of the message, then copy them (either control click and choose copy, or use the keyboard shortcut CMD+C). You must then paste the headers into the forwarded message (click the edit menu, then choose Paste).

AOL
(Win & Mac)

While viewing the email message, click the File menu and select Save as... Select the Desktop as the Save in folder and provide a name in the file name box (such as spam). If possible, select the type as html. If your browser does not show html tpe, select All Files and add .html to the file name (such as spam.html). Click Save. You can now report this spam message by attaching the html file to the abuse report.

Eudora
(Win & Mac)

Open the spam and click the BLAH BLAH BLAH button on the upper left hand corner of the message

Netscape Mail & News
(Win, Linux & Mac)

Click the Options menu, choose Show Headers, then select All. (Note: Some older versions of Netscape may not be able to show the complete headers)

Pine 3.9x
(DOS, Unix, Linux)

Load Pine. Select option "M" to go to the main menu. Select option "S" to go to the setup options, then select option "C" to change your configuration. Scroll through the options until you find "enable-full-headers-cmd" and enable it. Now when you read a message, use the option "H" to view the full headers, and option "H" again to hide them. You must be viewing the full headers when you forward the message for them to be included.

Forté Agent
(Win)

Press CTRL-R to display in RAW mode. Use CTRL-A to highlight all the message and headers, then CTRL-C to copy it. You must then paste the headers into the forwarded message (click the edit menu and choose paste). Press CTRL-R again to hide the headers.

Mac OSX Mail
(Mac)

Click the Mail menu and click Preferences. Then, click Viewing and change Show header detail to All

Microsoft Outlook 98 & 2000
(Windows)

Double click the message to open it in a new window. Go to the View menu and choose Options. Copy the text in the Internet Headers window by right clicking and choosing Select All, then right clicking again and choosing Copy. Then paste the headers when you forward the message (click the Edit menu and choose Paste).

 

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