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

See an  example of a message header.

To show the full message headers of an email using:

• WebMail (BC's Web-based email application at  mail.bc.edu)
• Outlook
• Entourage
• Apple Mail
• Thunderbird
• Note: Netscape Messenger is no longer supported at BC due to AOL's phase out of the browsers.

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.

WebMail

See an  example of a message header.

To show the full message headers of an email using WebMail ( mail.bc.edu):

1. Sign in to WebMail:  mail.bc.edu
2. Open the email.
3. In the upper-right of the message body, click "view source."
4. To see the spam rating this email was given, look for the X's next to "X-SpamCatcher-Score."
5. 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.

Outlook

See an  example of a message header.

If you are using Outlook, the full message headers are automatically shown in the header of your email.

To see the spam rating of an email using Outlook:

1. Open Outlook and log in.
2. Open the email.
3. From the View menu, select Options.
4. Look in the Internet headers box at the bottom of the window.
5. To see the spam rating this email was given, look for the X's next to "X-SpamCatcher-Score."
6. To forward an email with evidence of electronic abuse, just forward the email as you would any other email to abuse@bc.edu.

Entourage

See an  example of a message header.

If you are using Entourage, the full message headers are automatically shown in the header of your email.

To see the spam rating of an email using Entourage:

1. Open Entourage and log in.
2. Open the email.
3. From the View menu, select Internet Headers.
4. To see the spam rating this email was given, look for the X's next to "X-SpamCatcher-Score."
5. To forward an email with evidence of electronic abuse, just forward the email as you would any other email to abuse@bc.edu.

Apple Mail

See an  example of a message header.

To show the full message headers of an email using Apple Mail:

1. Open Apple Mail and log in.
2. Open the email.
3. From the View menu, point to Message and select Long Headers.
4. To see the spam rating of this email, look for the X's next to "X-SpamCatcher-Score."
5. To forward an email with evidence of electronic abuse, just forward the email as you would any other email to abuse@bc.edu.

Thunderbird

See an  example of a message header.

To show the full message headers of an email using Thunderbird:

1. Open Thunderbird and log in.
2. Open the email.
3. From the View menu, select Message Source.
4. To see the spam rating of this email, look for the X's next to "X-SpamCatcher-Score."
5. To forward an email with evidence of electronic abuse, just forward the email as you would any other email to abuse@bc.edu.