Gmail Help

Headers contain tracking information for an individual email, detailing the path a message took as it crossed mail servers. Select your webmail provider or email client below for instructions on finding headers for a message.

Webmail providers

Gmail

For Gmail:

1. Log in to Gmail.
2. Open the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Click the down arrow next to Reply, at the top-right of the message pane.
4. Select Show original.

The full headers will appear in a new window.

AOL

For AOL:

1. Log in to your AOL account.
2. Open the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. In the 'Action' menu, select View Message Source.

The full headers will appear in a new window.

Excite Webmail

For Excite:

1. Log in to your Excite account.
2. Open the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Click the View Full Headers icon located on the right of the 'From:" line.

The full headers for all of your messages will appear in a new window.

Hotmail

For Hotmail:

1. Log in to your Hotmail account.
2. Select Inbox from the left-side menu.
3. Right-click the message you'd like to view headers for and select View message source.

The full headers will appear in a new window.

Yahoo! Mail

For Yahoo! Mail:

1. Log in to your Yahoo! Mail account.
2. Select the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Click the Actions dropdown menu and select View Full Header.

The full headers will appear in a new window.

Email clients

Eudora

IncrediMail

For IncrediMail:

1. Open IncrediMail.
2. From your inbox, locate the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Right-click the message, and select Properties.
4. Open the Details tab in the dialogue box.

The full headers will appear in the dialogue box.

Mozilla

For Mozilla:

1. Open Mozilla.
2. Open the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Click the View menu, and select Message Source.

The full headers will appear in a new window.

Netscape 3 or 4

For Netscape 3:

1. Open Netscape 3.
2. Click the Options menu, and select Show Headers.
3. Select All.

For Netscape 4:

1. Open Netscape 4.
2. Click the View menu, and select Headers.
3. Select All.

The full headers will appear in the window below your inbox.

Opera

For Opera:

1. Open Opera.
2. Click the message you'd like to view headers for so it displays in the window below your inbox.
3. Click Display all headers, across from the To field.

The full headers will appear in the window below.

Outlook

For Outlook 2007:

1. Open Outlook.
2. Open a message.
3. On the Message tab, in the Options group, click the Dialog Box Launcher icon image.
4. In the Message Options dialog box, the headers appear in the Internet headers box.

For older versions of Outlook:

1. Open Outlook.
2. Open the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Click the View menu, and select Options....

The full headers will appear in a new window.

Outlook Express

For Outlook Express:

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. From your inbox, locate the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Right-click the message, and select Properties.
4. Open the Details tab in the dialogue box.

The full headers will appear in the dialogue box.