Objective
Following these steps will find and display the Full Email Headers for a given message in Outlook.
Full Email Headers contain useful information about the actual origins of suspicious emails, even if the sender has tried to hide or spoof them.
Environment
New Outlook
Outlook on the Web (OWA) (spartanmail.msu.edu)
Before You Begin
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Steps
- Right-click the email in your inbox or message list.
- Hover over View in the context menu.
- Select View message details.
- A pop-up window will appear showing the full email headers.
Additional Info
For Classic Outlook:
- Double-click to open the message in its own window.
- Select File.
- Select Properties.
- In the window that opens, copy the text found in the section titled "Internet Headers".
- You're done! You have copied the full email headers and can now paste them where needed.