In Microsoft Outlook, how do I display and send the full headers of an email message?

In Outlook, to mail the full headers of an email message you have received, you must first display the headers, and then insert them into the body of an email message.

Displaying full headers

To display full message headers, follow these steps:

1. Open the mail message. In Outlook 2007 or Outlook Web Access (OWA), double-click the message so that it opens in its own window.
   
   
2. In Outlook 2007, in the Options group, click the dialog box launcher (small square with an arrow).

   In OWA, click the "Message Details" button (the envelope with a small document over the bottom right-hand corner)

   In Outlook 98, 2000, 2002, and 2003, from the View menu, select Options... .

   In Outlook 97, at the top of the message, click the Options tab.

3. The message headers are at the bottom of the window, in a box labeled "Headers:" or "Internet headers:".

Inserting headers into a message

To insert the headers into an email message, follow the directions below:

1. Select all the headers by clicking and dragging the cursor from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the header text.
   
   
2. Press Ctrl-c to copy the headers to the Clipboard.
   
   
3. Create a new email message, and then click in its main text window, and press Ctrl-v to paste the headers.

Also see:

• In Outlook, how do I address email?
• In Microsoft Outlook, how do I customize the way my mail is presented to me?
• In Outlook Express or Entourage, how do I display and send the full headers of an email message?