Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Forward Email Headers in Microsoft Outlook

Have you ever received a complaint about an email issue that required you to view the email headers?

Maybe you’ve asked a user to forward you the email so you can take a look.  However all the email headers from the original email are now missing (heaven forbid that extra 1k of data be in the message)!

Sometimes I try to get users to use the Insert Item button to add a message but believe it or not this is sometimes too difficult for the end user. Instead, I have them change the option in Outlook (2003 in my case) to forward the entire email. The forwarded email will then show up as an attachment:

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1. From Outlook, click Tools > Options
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2. Click the Email Options button
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3. Under When forwarding a message click the drop-down and select Attach original message
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That’s it.

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