Verifying the original sender of Email is a technically challenging process. Most of the time we blindly open the email we receive and expect that it always is from sender listed in the From: field of the message. But how do you verify the message if there is no From: in the message?

Many of our customers have asked how they can examine the headers from their email. This is an easy to use reference for your use.

Microsoft Outlook Express

1. Open the "File" menu.
2. Open "Properties".
3. Open the "Details" tab.
4. Open "Message Source".
5. Highlight then copy everything in the window.

Eudora

1. Double clicking on the subject line to open the email.
2. Click on 'blah blah blah' to expose the header information.

Hotmail

1. Click on "Options."
2. Under the "Additional Options" section.
3. Choose "Mail Display Options"
4. Look for "Message Headers."
5. Select "Advanced" and hit the "OK" button.
6. Use the "View E-mail Message Source" to display the message with the header.

Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh

1. Highlight the email.
2. In the View menu, select Source.
3. A new window will appear containing the email with full headers. Select all, then copy.

Microsoft Outlook Web Access

1. Left click on the letter and then click properties.
2. Then on the details tab.
3. Then click on message source.
4. This will open the email exposing the headers.
5. Copy the text.

Microsoft Exchange

1. Open the "File" menu.
2. Then "Properties".
3. Then click the "Details" tab.
4. Choose "Message Source".
5. Copy everything from the "Message Source" box.

Mozilla Thunderbird

1. Click on the "View" menu.
2. Then "Page Source".
3. Copy the header.

Netscape

1. Click on the "View" menu.
2. Then "Page Source".
3. Copy the header.

Netscape Webmail

1. With the message highlighted.
2. Click the yellow triangle to the right side of the partial message headers.
3. The full headers will then be displayed.

Yahoo Mail

1. Inside the email click the 'Full Headers' button.