You will only need to do this when trying to discover an ISP. Sometimes it’s to report spam abuse but I have even needed this to discover where an automated email is coming from in order to change the email address it is sending to.
Without further ado, here are the instructions.
- Sign into your hotmail or live email account.
- Open the email you want to discover the header of…
- On the right-hand side, just under the date, you’ll notice “Reply” with square containing a tiny dot. Click on the dot to view the menu options (see image below):
- Select “View message source”:
Your email header will be completely revealed on a new tab within your browser. Simply copy and paste, or save the entire page as a .txt file.
Hope this helps solve your need to know. I’ve had to do this so many times, with several months in between times that I decided to post the instructions here for my safe keeping, and to share with others too.
Please be sure to comment below if this helped you out. Knowing what others needs are makes it more intriguing for me to share my resolves here.
22 Responses to View Hidden Email Header in Windows Live or Hotmail Accounts
will this work for starred out email headers as well? something that looks like this: *********@hotmail.com
Hi lilith,
It should work for any email address being displayed. That's how you can discover the actual server that sent the email…. which is how the FBI is now able to shut down servers spamming us. You can read all about that here: http://opennet.net/blog/2012/07/fbi-shuts-down-dn…
thanks for taking your time to explain that, i bet many benefit from your article.
Thank you Caroline!
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Thanks Huey, glad you enjoyed reading my blog!
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Thanks Aliciane!
that’s awesome, thanks for sharing!
You're welcome Claudia!
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You are very welcome Keneth, and thank YOU for commenting!
Thanks for this!
You're welcome Ediane!
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You are very welcome Issac!
I am continuously checking online for posts that can help me with different software issues. Thx for this one!
Your welcome Allan!
I am very happy to read this. This is the type of manual that needs to be given and not the random misinformation that is at the other blogs. Appreciate your sharing this helpful info.
Thanks Ruth!
Thanks for this!
You're welcome Shumock!