Email Management: How To Get An Email Header
Obtaining An Email Header
The process for viewing/obtaining an email header can vary from program to program. Please refer to the instructions below on how to obtain an email header for the program you use:
Roundcube Instructions
- Log in to Roundcube.
- Locate the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Click on More and Show source.
- You can view the header information for troubleshooting mail issues as needed.
SquirrelMail Instructions
- Log in to SquirrelMail.
- Locate the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Click on View Full Header.
- You can view the header information for troubleshooting mail issues as needed.
Webmail
AOL
- Log in to your AOL account.
- Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Open the Action menu.
- Select View Message Source.
Gmail
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Click the down arrow next to Reply.
- Select Show Original.
Excite Webmail
- Log in to your Excite account.
- Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Click View Full Headers (found on the right of the 'From:' line).
Hotmail
- Log in to your Hotmail account.
- Right-click on the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Select View Message Source.
Open-Xchange
- Log in to your Open-Xchange account.
- Right-click on the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Select Show Source.
Yahoo! Mail
- Log in to your Yahoo! Mail account.
- Select the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Click on the Actions dropdown list.
- Select View Full Header.
Email Clients
Apple Mail
- Open Apple Mail.
- Select the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Go to View.
- Select Message.
- Select Long Headers.
Mozilla Thunderbird
- Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
- Select the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Go to View.
- Select Message Source.
Opera
- Open Opera.
- Select the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Click Display all headers (located across from the 'To:' field).
Outlook
- Open Outlook.
- Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Select the File tab.
- Click Properties.
Outlook (Older Versions)
- Open Outlook.
- Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Go to View.
- Select Options.
Outlook Express
- Open Outlook Express.
- Right-click on the message you want to retrieve the header for.
- Select Properties.
- Open the Details tab.