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Providing Internet headers from an email message

Situation User needs to provide the routing information of an email when troubleshooting delivery issues
Solution Access the email headers as described below.

How To Check Email Headers

How do I retrieve internet headers from an email message?

The following steps explain how to provide the Support Team with email headers:

Microsoft Outlook 2010, 2013, 2016, and 365

  1. Double click the message to open it in a new window.
  2. Navigate to File > Properties.
  3. Left click in the box titled Internet Headers.
  4. Press Ctrl + A to select all the text in the internet headers box.
  5. Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected text.

Microsoft Outlook 98-2007

1.    From the inbox, right click on the message.
2.    Select Options (Message Options for Outlook 2007).
3.    Left click in the box titled Internet Headers.
4.    Press Ctrl + A to select all the text in the internet headers box.
5.    Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected text.

Office 365

1.    Open the message.
2.    Click the down arrow next to the Reply all button.
3.    Select View Message Details.
4.    Press Ctrl + A to select the displayed text.
5.    Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected text.

Gmail

1.    Click on the message.
2.    Click the  clipboard_ed558997026f3b469402b15689aca5e78.png next to the Reply button.
3.    Select Show Original.
4.    Press Ctrl + A to select the displayed text.
5.    Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected text.
 

Hotmail

1.    Open the message.
2.    Right click in the message window and select View Source.
3.    Left click in the source window and press Ctrl + A to select all
4.    Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected text.

Yahoo! Mail

1.    Open the message.
2.    In the header at the top of the message, click the clipboard_e57ad28e60d407e848ce8f9efa245902f.png .
3.    Select View Raw Message.
4.    Press Ctrl + A to select all the text.
5.    Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected text.