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Display & send full Header of an Email Message

Follow the appropriate instructions below to display your (email) message' headers.

Microsoft Outlook for Windows: 

• Double-click the email in question to open it in a new window. 
• Select the File tab, navigate to the bottom, click Properties. 
• You will find the email data next to Internet headers.

 

Outlook Web App (OWA) 'Original Look': 

• Double-click the email in question to open it in a new window. 
• Expand the drop-down menu (the down arrow), to the right of "Reply all", and within the email window.
• Navigate to the bottom of this menu and click View Message Details.

Outlook Web App (OWA) 'New Look': 

• Double-click the email in question to open it in a new window. 
• Click the options icon (three dots near the top right), found within the email window, and then click View Message Details.

Outlook for macOS:

• From your Inbox (or other folders), right-click or hold down the control key and click an email message. 
• From the menu displayed, select View Source to view all headers. 

Mail (macOS):

• With an email message selected, navigate to the View menu (found at the top of your screen) and select Message.
• From this window, you can either select All Headers or Long Headers to display all header information. 

Imail: 

• With an email message selected, navigate and click on the down arrow in the upper right corner. 
• From this menu, select View message details to display header information. 

Thunderbird (Windows & macOS):

• Navigate and select to the View menu, at the top of your screen.
• Move down to the Headers option and hover over it to expand the menu. 
• From the "Headers" option select All to display full headers in all of your emails.

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