{"id":2757,"date":"2018-11-29T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T06:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2025-04-06T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T05:40:33","slug":"guide-to-retrieving-email-headers-on-popular-email-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/mail\/guide-to-retrieving-email-headers-on-popular-email-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Retrieving Email Headers on Popular Email Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Email headers contain crucial details about the sender, recipient, routing, and authentication of an email message. Here\u2019s how you can retrieve email headers in various email clients:<\/p>\n<section>\n<h3>1. Gmail (Web)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in Gmail.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the three-dot menu (More) in the top-right corner of the email.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Show original<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A new window will open displaying the full email header.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Copy to clipboard<\/strong> to copy the header.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>2. Outlook (Web)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in Outlook Web.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the three-dot menu (More actions) at the top-right.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>View message source<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A new tab will open displaying the full email header.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>3. Outlook (Desktop &#8211; Windows &amp; Mac)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in Outlook.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>File<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Properties<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Internet Headers<\/strong> section, you will find the full email header.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the text for further analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>4. Apple Mail (Mac)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in Apple Mail.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>View<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Message<\/strong> &gt; <strong>All Headers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The full email header will be displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>5. Mozilla Thunderbird<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in Thunderbird.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>View<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Headers<\/strong> &gt; <strong>All<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Alternatively, press <strong>Ctrl + U<\/strong> (Windows\/Linux) or <strong>Cmd + U<\/strong> (Mac) to view the source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>6. Yahoo Mail<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in Yahoo Mail.<\/li>\n<li>Click the three-dot menu in the email view.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>View raw message<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The full email header will be displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>7. Zoho Mail<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in Zoho Mail.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the three-dot menu in the top-right corner.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Show original<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The full email header will be displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>8. ProtonMail<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in ProtonMail.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the three-dot menu in the email view.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>View headers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The email header will be displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>9. cPanel Webmail (Roundcube)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in Roundcube.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>More<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Show Source<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The full email header will be displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>10. Microsoft Exchange (Outlook Web App &#8211; OWA)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the email in Outlook Web App.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the three-dot menu.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>View message details<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The full email header will be displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>These steps will help you retrieve email headers for troubleshooting, verifying authenticity, and analyzing email routing. You can use tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/toolbox.googleapps.com\/apps\/messageheader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google\u2019s Message Header Analyzer<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/mxtoolbox.com\/EmailHeaders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MXToolBox<\/a> to analyze headers easily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email headers contain crucial details about the sender, recipient, routing, and authentication of an email message. Here\u2019s how you can retrieve email headers in various email clients: 1. Gmail (Web) Open the email in Gmail. Click on the three-dot menu (More) in the top-right corner of the email. Select Show original. 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