Possible to do "view message source" without opening email in Outlook 2K3- like in OE6 did?

[Thomas H]

Hello! Does anyone know if it's possible to do a "view message source" on
an unopened email? In Outlook Express 6, I could rt-click the message, and
choose Properties. Then on the "Detail" tab, I could click on "Message
Source" -and see the plaintext of the e-mail.

I used that a lot to determine if an e-mail was spam or not; you know some
of those come across as "Meeting info" or "per your support call" - by
checking out the plaintext, I could tell if it was legit. Then I'd either
delete it or open it.

And yes I do know about Outlook 2K3's right-click, Options- but that only
shows me the message headers, not the full message text.

I use an IMAP server for e-mail; we don't have an Exchange server.

Thanks!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

See http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/viewing_headers.htm and
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/view_source.htm. Personally, I prefer
Pocketknife peek - a link to it is at
http://www.outlook-tips.net/products.htm.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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[Thomas H]

Diane,

Fantastic!! Thanks! And thanks for the quick reply- that's a great website
you've got!

-Thomas

See http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/viewing_headers.htm and
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/view_source.htm. Personally, I prefer
Pocketknife peek - a link to it is at
http://www.outlook-tips.net/products.htm.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Hello! Does anyone know if it's possible to do a "view message source" on
an unopened email? In Outlook Express 6, I could rt-click the message,
and
choose Properties. Then on the "Detail" tab, I could click on "Message
Source" -and see the plaintext of the e-mail.

I used that a lot to determine if an e-mail was spam or not; you know some
of those come across as "Meeting info" or "per your support call" - by
checking out the plaintext, I could tell if it was legit. Then I'd either
delete it or open it.

And yes I do know about Outlook 2K3's right-click, Options- but that only
shows me the message headers, not the full message text.

I use an IMAP server for e-mail; we don't have an Exchange server.

Thanks!