


Sender’s mobile phone brand, operating system, version, and other technical data.That’s because the information in a message header depends on many factors, such as the type of server and client that’s being used, features, protocols, encryption, and much more. Keep in mind, every email server is different and the data you see in your message headers may not include everything that I have listed below.

The list of what’s included in message headers is too long, but I will mention some of the common data that is usually found in a message in this article. Message headers contain a treasure trove of valuable information. For example, you believe that the message contains malware and don’t want to open the message, you may be doing forensic analysis, you don’t want the recipient to know that you’ve opened the message, etc. There could be several reasons for a person not wanting to open the message, yet read the message header. Simply select the message (do not double-click) in Outlook and then view the message options. TIP: If you want to view the message headers without opening a message, you should use OPTION #1. This is the exact same screen as in step 5 in OPTION #1 above. The second option requires two clicks to get to the message headers and requires that you first open the message. You can select all the text in this section (CTRL+A) and then copy and paste it into Notepad or Word for convenience.
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The Internet headers section displays the full message headers containing the details about the message. You will see the Message Options box, which is the same thing as looking at the message Properties.
