
Received: from servername (IP address) by servername (IP address) with MTA-name timestamp These lines are generally in the following format: To follow these in order start at the bottom and read upwards.

Then there are the email servers that the message passed through on it’s way to the destination. First there is the basic information about the email message itself. If you copy the message header information into Notepad will look like a complete mess.Įven though it is is quite messy and difficult to read you can still see useful information in the message headers. The message options will appear with the email message header information towards the bottom.įirst let’s take a look at how difficult it actually can be to read the raw message header information that you get out of a message in Outlook. To read the email message headers in Outlook 2007 click on the arrow next to Options in the ribbon menu.

To read the email message headers in Outlook 2010 click on the arrow next to Tags in the ribbon menu. To read the email message headers in Outlook 2013 click on the arrow next to Tags in the ribbon menu. How to Access Email Message Header Information in OutlookĮach version of Microsoft Outlook lets you access the email message headers, but they do it in slightly different ways.

Viewing email headers in Mail is not possible at this time.

Follow the appropriate instructions below to first display the message headers.If you need to send the information in the full headers of an email message (to report possible phishing or spam, for example): Display and send the full headers of an email message
