Summary: The ability to view full headers in Windows Live Hotmail seems to be missing. Hopefully it will return.
I have the Windows Live version of Hotmail. What do I need to do to make the complete headers show when i receive emails?
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I'd love for someone to prove me wrong... but I can't find it either.
Not only does Microsoft seem to be forcing all Hotmail users to migrate to Windows Live Hotmail, but a few features seem to disappear along the way.
Hopefully that'll only be temporary. I know of at least one feature that seems to have returned after an absence.
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To clarify, I know of no way currently to view the full or "raw" headers of an email using Windows Live Hotmail via the web interface. If someone knows of a way, I'd love to hear it and invite you to post it as a comment.
The feature that disappeared and then returned was the ability to send a plain text email. In earlier incarnations of Windows Live Hotmail, there was no way to compose a message as plain text. Fortunately that option appears to have returned. When composing a new message you can click on "Show plain text". Yes, it'll "show" you your message as plain text, but more importantly it will send it as plain text as well.
The fact that this important feature has returned has me hopeful that future incarnations of Windows Live Hotmail will also include the ability to view full headers.
But for now, I don't think you can.
Update: Thanks to some diligent readers, we now have a way to view full headers. You must be in Full Verson mode to do this.
In your inbox, right-click on the email message displayed in the list of messages.
From the drop-down menu that appears, click on View Source.
From there, a new window will appear that displays the full header of the message
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Article C3141 - September 6, 2007
I apologize - my instructions are for when you have switched to Windows Live from Outlook Express (you are using Windows Live as your Email client). Right click on the unopened email, properties, details.
Posted by: thinkingal at September 19, 2008 11:02 PMUse Gmail > Near button Reply, click on the drop down arrow, and choose Show Original.
Posted by: Shailen Sobhee at October 1, 2008 1:36 AM@Shailen Sobhee,
The topic here is Hotmail, not Gmail. Many people already forward the Hotmail to Gmail and check the full header.
Posted by: S Rao at October 28, 2008 6:14 AMYou are a life saver. I have been searching for ages for this option in the new windows live hotmail.
Posted by: Carl at November 18, 2008 10:23 AMHello Every One;
I have finally found the way to get full header of the Hotmail Live email. Just Open Inbox then right click any email (without opening it) and then click "View Message Source" This will open Full header in another window. That's it. Try this one and enjoy......
Posted by: Mohammad Wasim Cheema at December 12, 2008 12:20 PMThanks a lot Mohammad, I've been searching the whole net for this!
Posted by: Nerd at February 19, 2009 2:33 AMChanging from the Classic version to the Full version wasnt possible anymore, because both versions have merged!
Good luck to everyone
Okay so I find the HEADER "BUT" now I need to send it to ebay how do I do that?? Please help
07-Mar-2009
Just what I was looking for. The 'Help' they offer mentions absolutely nothing.
Posted by: kat at May 4, 2009 2:35 AMHi, it works inasmuch as I can see the headers, but it doesn't seem to be the complete headers. I report spam through my SpamCop account and since I've stopped having my Hotmail drop into my Outlook, I can no longer do this because I can't get hold of the full headers to report it. If I copy the header as shown and paste it into the SpamCop report window, I get a message saying:
No source IP address found, cannot proceed.
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Probably not full headers
no header
which is a real bummer as spam reporting is important. Hopefuly Hotmail will fix it so the complete headers are available, or if anyone knows how to view the source IP address (vital in spam reporting), then please share it! Cheers.
Posted by: Lily at August 23, 2009 1:59 PMfor full headers go to inbox, right click on the message you want to see (without going into it) and press "view message source"
Posted by: ivo at October 15, 2009 3:41 AM