Vista Tutorial - How to view email headers in WLM/Hotmail?

Hi all..

The help section says to get the email header choose view the source
of the email.. but that only gives you the html properties of the
page.. gone is the link to view the original email with all the smtp
details etc..

I've tried different browsers on a PC and a Mac with the same result..
any ideas would be appreciated..

Cheers..

In WLM or the Hotmail interface.
In the former, highlight the message and press Control F3.

Crossposting removed except for WLM Newsgroup, added Hotmail Newsgroup

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"witt" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:160720081634102386%me@xxxxxx

You have to switch to "Full" version.
(available via a link at the bottom of "Classic")
Then the Help information applies.
After that you can switch back to "Classic" if it is your preference.

mae

"witt" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:160720081634102386%me@xxxxxx
| Hi all..
|
| The help section says to get the email header choose view the source
| of the email.. but that only gives you the html properties of the
| page.. gone is the link to view the original email with all the smtp
| details etc..
|
| I've tried different browsers on a PC and a Mac with the same result..
| any ideas would be appreciated..
|
| Cheers..

I sent feedback last year asking to correct the Help file.
Maybe you can do the same.

mae

"Bob Lucas" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:g5kbln$2id$1@xxxxxx
|
| I have just tried to view the headers of a messages in my Hotmail inbox
| via the Windows Live Hotmail (webmail). As you have discovered, the
| instructions in the help section are totally useless because they merely
| enable you to view the html properties of the page. Sadly, I could not
| find any alternative way to view the headers via the webmail interface.
|
| Fortunately, you can still use the Windows Live Mail program on your
| computer, to view the detailed message headers.
|
| There should be no problems whatsoever, if you open Windows Live Mail
| and follow the same procedure as with Outlook Express. Select the
| message. Click on File / Properties / Details. Then, if you need to
| copy / paste the data - or you if want to view the headers plus the
| message as a text file, you can click on Message Source.
|
|
| "witt" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:160720081634102386%me@xxxxxx
| > Hi all..
| >
| > The help section says to get the email header choose view the source
| > of the email.. but that only gives you the html properties of the
| > page.. gone is the link to view the original email with all the smtp
| > details etc..
| >
| > I've tried different browsers on a PC and a Mac with the same result..
| > any ideas would be appreciated..
| >
| > Cheers..
|
|

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:34:10 +1000, witt wrote:
Do you mean like this?

| X-Message-Delivery: Vj0zLjQuMDt1cz0wO2w9MDthPTA=
| X-Message-Status: n:0
| X-SID-PRA: Proper Name <%User_ID%@aosake.net>
| X-Message-Info: R00BdL5giqrmg0MUbQkap7PaF2d7XaL2QOmb3Sb9mSIGvsPiB/6vRhoBsNAY4XUIwZQIBfwfAZ/7heOk9nwXIQ==
| Received: from nlpi001.prodigy.net ([207.115.36.30]) by bay0-mc3-f13.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668);
| Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:45:12 -0700
| Received: from aosake.net (adsl-68-126-149-120.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net [68.126.149.120])
| (authenticated bits=0)
| by nlpi001.prodigy.net (8.13.8 smtpauth/dk/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m666j4j5006831
| for <%User_ID%@hotmail.com>; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 01:45:07 -0500
| Received: from Spooler by aosake.net (Mercury/32 v4.61) ID MO0001E3;
| 5 Jul 2008 23:45:12 -0700
| Received: from spooler by aosake.net (Mercury/32 v4.61); 5 Jul 2008 23:40:53 -0700
| From: "Proper Name" <%User_ID%@aosake.net>
| Organization:
| To: %User_ID%@hotmail.com
| Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:26:06 -0700
| MIME-Version: 1.0
| Subject: [TEST] Server is back up!
| Priority: normal
| X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.41)
| Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
| Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
| Content-description: Mail message body
| Message-ID: <A883194CE0@xxxxxx>
| Return-Path: %User_ID%@aosake.net
| X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jul 2008 06:45:12.0814 (UTC) FILETIME=[D74700E0:01C8DF33]

Obtained using MS Internet Explorer 7 to access a Windows Live Hotmail
account. Placed a check in the box to the left of the message Sender column,
then right clicked on the line. The pop-up menu offers "View source" as the
last item in the list.

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~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

In article <1kicer3m9vydq.dlg@xxxxxx>, N. Miller
<anonymous@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi & thanks..

I found that option when going into the full version of Live Mail in
Hotmail.. it frustrates me when microsoft does things like this without
proper explanations available.. so I try my best to avoid using their
products..

Cheers..

In article <#NSNexy5IHA.4084@xxxxxx>, mae
<agrannie@xxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for your reply.. obviously I much prefer Classic.. for me the
view source option in Full Version only works by right clicking an
email title link in your mail folders.. its the last option available..

Cheers..

In article <g5kbln$2id$1@xxxxxx>, Bob Lucas <bob@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Thanks for your reply.. I find that Microsoft are like this with their
lack of detail.. I found the solution with the switch to the Full
Version..

Cheers..