Viewing all Headers in your Email Client
As you learned in The structure of an E-mail message, E-mail messages you receive include a number of headers that your E-mail client normally doesn't show to you, but that you need in order to understand where the message came from and how it got to you.
Instructions on seeing all the headers of an E-mail in a variety of E-mail clients followed. This list has been copied from the alt.spam FAQ and the information has not been tested by us.
Mutt - press h. If you do this prior to forwarding the message, all headers will be included in the forwarded message.
Claris E-Mailer - under Mail select Show Long Headers.
Eudora (before ver. 3) - Select Tools , Options... , then Fonts & Display then Show all headers
Eudora (ver. 3.x, 4.x IBM or Macintosh) - Press the BLAH button on the incoming mail message
For Mac Eudora 4.x, hitting the following will cause Eudora to alter its default setting so that BLAH will be automatically selected for all new email received after this switch is set:
x-eudora-setting:123=y When checked, Eudora will show all the headers from messages, not just an abbreviated set.
HotMail - To expose the full message header, click "Options" on the Hotmail Navigation Bar on the left side of the page. On the Options page, click "Preferences." Scroll down to "Message Headers" and select "Full."
For Lotus Notes 4.6.x - From the menu bar, select Actions, then Delivery Information. Copy the information from the bottom box into your e-mail report at the top of the spam.
For Lotus Notes R5 - From the menu bar, select Actions, then Tools, then Delivery Information. Copy the information from the bottom box into your e-mail report at the top of the spam.
MS Outlook - Double click on the email in your inbox. This will bring the message into a window. Click on View - Options. You can also open a message then choose File....Properties....Details.
MS Outlook Express - Alt-Enter, or Alt-F then R.
MS Outlook Express - More Detailed:
To look for, copy and send headers In Outlook Express
1- Press CTRL F3
2- Press CTRL A
3- Press CTRL C
4- Press Alt F4. (At this point the message is already copied)
5- Open a new message. Right click and paste or select Edit and paste.
Netscape 3 - In the mail viewing window: Options Show Headers All - When all the headers are displayed in the NS3 mail window, they are formatted. This is much more readable than the display in a text editor such as Notepad.
Netscape 4.xx - Double click on the email in your inbox. Click on View - Headers - All.
PINE - You have to turn on the header option in setup, then just hit "h" to get headers.
Yahoo - 1.Log into your Yahoo! Mail account.
2.Click the "Options" link on the left-hand navigation bar.
3.Click the "Mail Preferences" link on the right.
4.Locate the Show Headers heading and select "All."
5.Click the "Save" button to put your new settings into effect.
Another way to show you how to display headers, please see (with some good screen shots):
http://www.wurd.com/cl_email_msie_headers.php - MS Outlook Express and Internet Mail
http://help.att.net/docs/use/email/gen/prb_msol_mac_headerinfo.htm?platform=none - MS Outlook Express for the Mac
http://help.att.net/docs/howto/other/win/prb_all_all_ns-header.htm?platform=none - Netscape Messenger or Netscape Mail
Programs that do not comply with any Internet standards (like cc-Mail, Beyond Mail, VAX VMS) throw away the headers. You will not be able to get headers from these e-mail messages.
Aussie tells us that in Pegasus to view the full headers for each message, use CTRL-H. This will show the full headers for the particular message, but will not add them to any reply or forward. You need to cut/paste the message into the reply/forward to send these headers.
Richard tells us with Nettamer, a MS DOS based email and USENET group reader you must save the message as an ASCII file, then the full header will be displayed when you open the saved file with your favorite ASCII editor.
Try the SpamCop FAQ for additional help or if your mail client is not listed here.
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