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How do you find email headers?

Lauren Nadolson
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How do you find email headers?

 

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The headers of a message provide detailed information on the routing of a message and are an immense help in troubleshooting email-related issues. Because they contain more information than most would need or want, they are usually available but hidden.

Here is how to find email headers in some of the most popular email clients:

Roundcube
  1. Highlight email message
  2. Click the 3-dots menu
  3. Click Show Source
Thunderbird
  1. Open the message
  2. Click the more dropdown
  3. Select View Source
Apple Mail
  1. Highlight the message
  2. Click View / Message / All headers
Outlook for Windows
  1. Open the message in a new window
  2. Click File / Properties / Headers
Gmail
  1. Open the message
  2. Click the 3-dot menu at the top right
  3. Select Show Original
Yahoo! Mail
  1. Open the message
  2. Click the 3-dot menu at the top
  3. Click View Raw Message
Outlook.com, Live.com, Hotmail
  1. Open the message
  2. Click the dropdown menu
  3. Select View message source

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