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How to view email headers in Outlook

Applies to:
Professional Hosting
Universal Hosting
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Difficulty:
Easy

Time Needed:
5 minutes

Introduction

This is a quick step-by-step guide to viewing the headers of an email in Outlook. You may be asked to provide an email header, by a member of the 34SP.com Technical Support team. We use the information in the header to troubleshoot mail delivery problems.

When an email is created, it is made up of several components. One of those components in the ‘message body’, which is the content of the email. Another part is called the ‘header’, which is normally hidden. The job of an email header is to provide a detailed log of the network path taken by the email, between the mail sender and the mail receiver.


View email headers in Outlook

STEP 1
Open Outlook

Firstly, you’ll need to open Outlook by clicking on the Outlook icon.


STEP 2
Display the email to wish to view

After you have located the email to wish to view the headers of, double click on it so that it opens the email in a new window.


STEP 3
Choose ‘File’

Once the new window has opened, click on ‘File’ from the main menu.


STEP 4
Select ‘Properties’

Then select ‘Properties’ from the options.


STEP 5
View your email headers

This will open the properties dialog box. At the bottom of the dialog box is a field labelled ‘Internet headers’which contains the email’s header data.

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