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Viewing and Copying Email Headers in Outlook Express

These steps will guide you through viewing and copying the original email header of an email message in all versions of Outlook Express.
Outlook Express Screenshot From your Outlook Express email Inbox, Right-Click the email that you want the header for.

Click Properties.


Click the Details tab.

You should now be looking at the original email header in a grey box.

To copy the text to your clipboard, Right-Click the text and click Select All to highlight the text.

Outlook Express Screenshot

Outlook Express Screenshot Right-Click the highlighted text and click Copy to copy the text to your clipboard.

Now that you have the header copied to your clipboard, you can paste the text into an email message or word processor.
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