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Deciphering email headers

There are other sites to help decipher those headers, Google has a lot listed.


Yahoo Mail Headers

Sometimes it is necessary for one reason or another to save the headers in an email.

The following is how to save the headers using web-based Yahoo Mail.

To save regular email headers in Yahoo Mail, copy and paste the headers into a new email or a notepad file.

headers Click to view larger.  Paste into new email. header

You can copy it into notepad and then save the file.

To save full headers using Yahoo Mail Beta or New Yahoo Mail, open or highlight the email then click 'Actions' headers headers

Then select View 'full header' on the dropdown menu. Press Control/A to select all of the header. Press Control/C to copy.  You will see something like this screenshot. headers

Open Notepad and press Control/V to paste the headers. Save the file.  The headers can be difficult to read, but there are some websites to help you decipher what is there.

If you are using Yahoo Mail Classic, open the email and scroll to the bottom of the email.

Click the link, 'Full Headers'.  yahoo headers

Then you will see all of the headers. yahoo mail headers

Select all of the headers, copy and paste into notepad. Save the file.