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Showing the Full Message Headers and Forwarding that Email

You might want to see the full message headers of an email to report evidence of electronic abuse. Note: You must show the full message headers of the email when you forward it to abuse@bc.edu.

See an example of a message header.

To show the full message headers and forward that email using:

Note: If your email application is not listed above, search your application's online help to learn how to show the full message headers of an email.

Apple Mail

See an example of a message header.

To forward message headers in Apple Mail to abuse@bc.edu:

  1. Open the message in Apple Mail.
  2. From the View menu, point to Message and select Long Headers.
  3. Forward the message to abuse@bc.edu.

Entourage

See an example of a message header.

To forward message headers in Entourage to abuse@bc.edu:

  1. Open the message in Entourage.
  2. From the View menu, select Internet Headers.
  3. Forward the message to abuse@bc.edu.

Outlook

See an example of a message header.

Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010
To forward message headers in Outlook to abuse@bc.edu:

  1. Open the message in Outlook.
  2. Find the Action pane.
  3. Click Other Actions and select Message Header.
  4. The header will now appear. Highlight it then right click and select Copy.
  5. Paste the copied Internet Headers text into an email to send to abuse@bc.edu.

Outlook 2011 for Mac
To forward message headers in Outlook to abuse@bc.edu:

  1. Right click on the message and select View Source.
  2. The header will appear in the source. Highlight it then right click and select Copy.
  3. Paste the copied Internet Headers text into an email to send to abuse@bc.edu.

Thunderbird

See an example of a message header.

To forward message headers in Thunderbird to abuse@bc.edu:

  1. Open the message in Thunderbird.
  2. From the View menu, point to Headers, and select All.
  3. Forward the message to abuse@bc.edu.

WebMail

See an example of a message header.

To show the full message headers and forward that email using WebMail (mail.bc.edu):

  1. Open the email in WebMail: mail.bc.edu
  2. In the upper-right of the message body, click "view source."
  3. To forward an email with evidence of electronic abuse, copy & paste the full message headers into an email, then forward it to abuse@bc.edu.

OWA

Please see Microsoft's instructions for viewing message headers.