Locating the message headers:

Headers are the e-mail addresses of the senders or recipients, date/time of the e-mails, subjects, etc.  You can use headers to decipher who is really sending you e-mails.  If you receive spam, you can locate the headers of the message and send them to your Internet service provider.  They can then contact or black list the ISP from which the e-mails originated.  The following tutorial explains how to locate all the message headers.

Highlight on the e-mail in question.

On the Toolbar, click Specials and select View Source from the menu.

You can now view several more headers:  Received, Message Id, etc.  These can help your Internet service provider decipher where the spam originated.

Highlight all the header information.
Right click in the window and select Copy from the menu.
Compose a new e-mail message, right click and select Paste from the menu.
E-mail the headers to your Internet Service Provider.  The ISP can then take appropriate action.

 

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