In Umail, how do I display and send the full headers of an email message?
In the Umail web interface, to send the full headers of a message, first display the headers, and then insert them into the body of an email message.
Displaying full headers
To display full message headers:
- Click the mail message to display it in the message pane.
- In the top-right corner of the message pane, click the down arrow
next to "Reply", and then click
Show original.
A new window will open with the headers at the top of the message.
Inserting headers into a message
To insert the headers into an email message:
- Select all the headers by clicking and dragging the cursor from
the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the header text.
- Press
Ctrl-c(in Windows) orCmd-c(on a Mac) to copy the headers.
- Create a new email message, click in its main text window, and
then press
Ctrl-v(in Windows) orCmd-v(on a Mac) to paste the headers.
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Last modified on June 30, 2008.






