First go to this address http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/ press enter. After that you should find the header of the email but how? Below are some of the email account provider just pick which the one is yours.
- Outlook 98, Outlook 2000, Outlook 2003
1. Double Click the message to open it in a full window
2. Click on "Options" in the "View" Menu
3. Now you can copy and paste everything (press Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C)
- Outlook Express 4, 5 and 6
1. Open the Message
2. Click on the "File" menu
3. Click on "Properties"
4. Click the "Details" tab
5. Click on "Message Source"
6. Now you can copy and paste everything (press Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C)
- Yahoo Mail
1. Right click on the message
2. Click "Show Full Header"
3. Now you can copy and paste the Email header
- Google Mail - Gmail
2. To display the email headers click on the inverted triangle beside Reply.
Then select Show Orginal.
3. You may can now copy the headers
- Hotmail
1. Rightlick the message in the message List.
2. Click on "View Source"
3. Now you can copy and paste the Email header - Mozilla Thunderbird
1. Open the email.
2. Click in the menu on VIEW / Headers and select All.
3. Now you can copy and paste the Email header
It provides all the information that contains in the header (ip address, details about the sender and etc.)