How to Include Email Headers

How do I forward messages with headers included?

Instructions for the most popular email clients are presented alphabetically below. (See "On This Page" in the left bar to jump to your particular email client.)

Apple Mail (Mac OS X)

Double-click the message. Choose View > Customize Headers. Drag the Show Headers icon to your toolbar. Double-click on any offending message and click on the Show Headers icon to view the headers.

To report the spam, click Edit > Select All, and then Edit > Copy. Now create a new message to report-spam@uiuc.edu and click Edit > Paste to include the spam.

CITES Express Email (web interface)

While viewing the original message in the web interface, click Open in the line of links directly above the message. This will open the message in a new window as raw text and includes all headers.

Select all of the text in the new window and copy it, then send it in an email to report-spam@uiuc.edu. Be sure to include the original subject line of the spam.

Eudora

While viewing the original message, click the icon in the message window that says 'Blah Blah.' Then forward the message (not as an attachment) to report-spam@uiuc.edu.

Netscape Messenger

While viewing the email message using Netscape Messenger, select View > Headers from the menu at the top of the screen, then choose option All. Forward the message with all the headers to report-spam@uiuc.edu.

Outlook 2003

View the original message. Select View from the top header banner, and then choose Options.... In the Message Options window that opens, go to the Internet headers box, select all the headers, right-click, and select Copy. Close the Message Options window.

Paste the header information into the message by selecting Edit > Paste.

Finally, forward the message to report-spam@uiuc.edu.

Outlook 2000/2002

View the original message. Select View from the top header banner, and then choose Message Options. In the Message Options window, go to the Internet headers box, select all the headers, and click Edit > Cut from the menu at the top of the screen. Close the Message Options window.

Paste the header information into the message by selecting Edit > Paste.

Finally, forward the message to report-spam@uiuc.edu.

Pine

While viewing the original message, press the h key to view the full email headers. Forward the message (not as an attachment) to report-spam@uiuc.edu.