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How to Obtain Message Headers

Most people are familiar with mail headers such as From:, To:, Subject: etc. but there are many more which most people never see. Quite often we need to see the full internet mail headers from an e-mail that is causing problems. This article explains how to get hold of them in some of the more common e-mail clients.

Thunderbird

On the main menu bar, go to View → Headers → All and then select the relevant e-mail message. You should see the full internet headers in place of the usual display of Subject, From, Date, To.

Outlook 2003

Double click the message to open it in a new window. On the menu bar of this window click View → Options and in the dialog box that comes up you'll see the mail headers listed in the Internet Headers text box.

Opera

When viewing your list of messages, right-click on the desired message and select View All Headers and Message. Alternatively once the message is open, you can right-click into the message itself and select View All Headers and Message. The full headers and message will display in place of the formatted message.

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