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Displaying Full Headers

Full headers provide information about the path the message took to get to you. Simple headers (To/From) can be forged so full headers are critical for the ITS staff members working to determine where the message originated from. Without them, there is almost nothing that can be done to investigate a problematic e-mail. You will receive specific instructions when you report a problem e-mail as to where to send your message with full headers displayed.

Here's how to send full headers using the following e-mail packages:

• Entourage
• Eudora
• Gmail
• U-M Google Mail
• Hotmail
• Mail.app (Mac OS X)
• mail.umich.edu: Blue Mail
• mail.umich.edu: Maize Mail
• Mulberry
• Pine
• Outlook
• Outlook Express
• Windows Mail (Vista)

Entourage 2008

1. Double-click the message to open it in its own window.
2. In the message window, under the Message menu, select Internet Headers.
3. Control-click or right-click anywhere within the Internet headers window and click Select All.
4. Control-click or right-click again and select Copy.
5. Close the window.
6. Back in the message window, click the Forward button.
7. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message to be forwarded.
8. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Entourage 2004

1. Double-click the message to open it in its own window.
2. In the message window, under the View menu, select Internet Headers.
3. Control-click or right-click anywhere within the Internet headers window and click Select All.
4. Control-click or right-click again and select Copy.
5. Click the Forward button.
6. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message to be forwarded.
7. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Eudora

1. Display the message.
2. In the upper left corner of the message window, click on the Blah Blah Blah icon.
3. With full headers displayed, forward the message to the the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Gmail

1. Log into Gmail.
2. Display the message.
3. Click the down arrow next to "Reply" at the top of the message.
4. Select "show original."
5. Highlight the text in the new window and copy and paste into new message.
6. Send the new message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

U-M Google Mail

1. Log into U-M Google Mail.
2. Display the message.
3. Click the down arrow next to "Reply" at the top of the message.
4. Select "show original."
5. Highlight the text in the new window and copy and paste into new message.
6. Send the new message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Hotmail

NOTE: When you select full headers in Hotmail, you select it for all messages. After forwarding your message to the appropriate ITS office, you may wish to reset Hotmail to not display full headers.

1. From the Hotmail top navigation bar, select Options.
2. In the Options window, select Mail Display Settings (found under the Additional Options column).
3. In the Mail Display Settings window, click the Full radio button under Message Headers.
4. Click OK.
5. From the Hotmail top navigation bar, select Inbox.
6. Open the message you wish to forward.
7. Click the Forward button.
8. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Mail.app

(Mac OS X 10.2 and later)

1. Display the message.
2. Under the View menu, select Message, then Long Header.
3. With the full headers displayed, forward the message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

mail.umich.edu: Blue Mail (https://mail.umich.edu/blue)

1. Display the message.
2. Click Message Source. HINT: Find it in the gray header directly above the date of the displayed message.
3. A new window will appear; you may need to resize it to show the full headers and message text.
4. Select and copy all the information.
5. Create a new message and paste the copied text into it.
6. Send the new message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

mail.umich.edu: Maize Mail (https://mail.umich.edu/maize)

1. Display the message.
2. In the box displaying the subject, sender, recipients, etc., click on the upside-down triangle in the middle of the bottom of the box.
3. A new window will appear; click inside this window, and select and copy all the information.
4. Create a new message and paste the copied text into it.
5. Send the new message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Mulberry

1. Display the message.
2. Hold down the following appropriate key:
   • Windows: Alt
   • Macintosh: Option
   • Unix: Control
   and click the Forward icon.
3. In the "Forward Message" window, select Include Headers in Quote.
4. Click the Forward button.
5. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Pine

1. Display the message.
2. Press H.
3. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Outlook 2011

1. Highlight the message in the message listing window.
2. Right-click on the highlighted message (if you don't have a two-button mouse, hold down the control key and click on the message).
3. Select View Source on the menu that appears after the right-click.
4. A new box will appear with the full headers. Click within the box, select all (Command-A) and copy (Command-C) the text.
5. Create a new message and paste (Command-V) in the body of the new message.
6. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Outlook 2007

1. Double-click the message to open it in its own window.
2. In the message window, click the small arrow to the right of Options.
3. In the "Message Options" window:
   1. Right-click anywhere within the Internet headers field and click Select All.
   2. Right-click again and select Copy.
4. Close the "Message Options" window.
5. Back in the message window, click the Forward button.
6. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message to be forwarded.
7. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Outlook 2000 - 2003

1. Double-click the message to open it in its own window.
2. In the message window, under the View menu, select Options.
3. In the "Message Options" window:
   1. Right-click anywhere within the Internet headers field and click Select All.
   2. Right-click again and select Copy.
4. Close the "Message Options" window.
5. Back in the message window, click the Forward button.
6. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message to be forwarded.
7. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Outlook Express

Windows

1. Display the message.
2. Under the File menu, select Properties.
3. In the Properties window, select the Details tab.
4. Right-click anywhere in the "Internet headers for this message" field and click Select All.
5. Right-click again and click Copy.
6. Close the Properties window.
7. Click the Forward button.
8. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message.
9. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Macintosh

1. Display the message.
2. Under the View menu, select Internet Headers.
3. In the header area of the message, select and copy all of the information.
4. Click Forward.
5. Paste the header information into the body of the messge.
6. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.

Windows Mail (Vista)

1. In the list of messages, right-click the message you want to forward and select Properties.
2. In the Properties window, select the Details tab.
3. Right-click anywhere in the "Internet headers for this message" field and click Select All.
4. Right-click again and click Copy.
5. Close the Properties window.
6. With the e-mail that you want to forward still selected, click the Forward button.
7. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message.
8. Send the forwarded message to the ITS office e-mail provided to you.