How to view Mail Headers in Different Mail Clients

MAIL HEADERS. You will not normally see full headers when you read your mail but these can be important in investigating Internet fraud. Use below instructions to see mail header...

Microsoft Outlook Express for Windows: Right click on the message and select Properties. Choose the Details tab and select the Message Source Button.

Microsoft Outlook: Click the View menu and select Options. You should see a pop up window "Message options" or similar. Notice the box called Internet headers near the bottom of the window. This box contains the full headers.

Windows Live mail:
1. Select the message that you want to view the header information.
2. Click the right button of your mouse and select "Properties".
3. Click on the "Details" tab.
4. Click "Message Source..." .
5. A new windows will open with the header information of the e-mail.

Gmail: It took me a little while to work it out, one needs to click the "down arrow" next to the "Reply" indicator at the top-right of the message pane and select "Show Original", a new window page opens with all the header details.

Netscape Messenger 4.7 - 6: Open the email; go to the view menu; pull the 'Headers' menu over and click on 'all'.

Netscape Messenger 6.2 and higher: Go to Netscape Messenger Inbox. Select View - Headers - All.

Pegasus: Users of the excellent Pegasus for Windows will probably not need me to remind them of the Raw View tab and the option to include headers in the Reply and Forward dialogues.

Incredimail: In your mail program double click the email you would like to view, when it is open click on the FILE menu and choose PROPERTIES. When in the properties menu click on the DETAILS tab to view the Full Headers .

WEB MAIL HEADERS
Yahoo web mail: First you must turn on "Full Headers". From your Yahoo! mail account, click on "Mail Preference". Scroll down the page to "Message Headers" and click on the "all" radio button. Save your preferences at the bottom of the page.

Hotmail: First, configure your options: On the upper right "Options | Help" links, click on "Options." Click on the "Mail Display Settings" link, find the item "Message Headers." Choose "Advanced" and click the "OK" button.