How To Get An Email Header

How to Obtain 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 get an email header for the program you use:

Roundcube Instructions

1. Log in to Roundcube with your email address and email password. 
2. Locate the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Click on More and Show source.
   
4. You can view the header information for troubleshooting mail issues as needed.

Webmail

AOL

1. Log in to your AOL account.
2. Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Open the Action menu.
4. Select View Message Source.

Gmail

1. Log in to your Gmail account.
2. Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Click the down arrow next to Reply.
4. Select Show Original.

Excite Webmail

1. Log in to your Excite account.
2. Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Click View Full Headers (found on the right of the 'From:' line).

Hotmail

1. Log in to your Hotmail account.
2. Right-click on the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Select View Message Source.

Open-Xchange

1. Log in to your Open-Xchange account.
2. Right-click on the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Select Show Source.

Yahoo! Mail

1. Log in to your Yahoo! Mail account.
2. Select the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Click on the Actions dropdown list.
4. Select View Full Header.

Email Clients

Apple Mail

1. Open Apple Mail.
2. Select the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Go to View.
4. Select Message.
5. Select Long Headers.

Mozilla Thunderbird

1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
2. Select the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Go to View.
4. Select Message Source.

Opera

1. Open Opera.
2. Select the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Click Display all headers (located across from the 'To:' field).

Outlook

1. Open Outlook.
2. Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Select the File tab.
4. Click Properties.

Outlook (Older Versions)

1. Open Outlook.
2. Open the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Go to View.
4. Select Options.

Outlook Express

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Right-click on the message you want to retrieve the header for.
3. Select Properties.
4. Open the Details tab.