{"id":48747,"date":"2019-10-22T14:21:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=48747"},"modified":"2021-11-18T10:34:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:34:01","slug":"view-full-email-information-thunderbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/view-full-email-information-thunderbird\/","title":{"rendered":"How to View Full Email Information in Thunderbird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article, we show you how to view full email header and body information in the <a href=\"\/support\/email\/thunderbird-avast\/\">Thunderbird email client<\/a>. This can help you <a href=\"\/support\/security\/identifying-phishing-scams\/\">detect phishing scams<\/a> such as the <em>\u201c<\/em><a href=\"\/support\/email\/scam-email-on-this-day-i-hacked-your-os\/\">on this day I hacked your OS<\/a><em>\u201d<\/em> email. These steps will work on shared hosting as well as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"managed VPS Hosting (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/vps-hosting\" target=\"_blank\">managed VPS with cPanel<\/a> and other hosting plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#view\">View Email Header and Body Information<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#source\">Page Source<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"view\">View Full Header and Body Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To change the view for all emails within Thunderbird:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/support\/email\/creating-an-email-account-in-thunderbird\/\">Open Thunderbird<\/a>.<\/li><li>Click the menu button in the upper-right corner.<\/li><li>To see full email headers, click <strong>View<\/strong>, <strong>Headers<\/strong>, and <strong>All<\/strong>. <\/li><li>To view email bodies in plain text, click <strong>View<\/strong>, <strong>Message Body as<\/strong>, and <strong>Plain Text<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you can view the entire <em>alleged<\/em> path (because <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"his information can be spoofed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/support\/email\/strengthen-overall-email-authentication\/\" target=\"_blank\">this information can be spoofed<\/a>) from the sender to you within the email headers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll also see entire markup &#8211; <a href=\"\/support\/website\/website-design\/understanding-markdown\/\">Markdown<\/a>, <a href=\"\/support\/website\/understanding-basic-html-tags\/\">HTML<\/a>, etc. &#8211; in the email body. For example, you&#8217;ll see <code>*Hello !*<\/code> or <code>&lt;b&gt;Hello !&lt;\/b&gt;<\/code> instead of <strong>Hello <\/strong><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"source\">Page Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\"><li>To view an individual email&#8217;s full header and body text info without modifying Thunderbird preferences:<\/li><li>To the right of the Reply and Forward buttons, click <strong>More<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click <strong>View Source<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This will open a new window with in-depth information you could use to decipher the true origin of an email to determine whether whether it&#8217;s legitimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/email\/strengthen-overall-email-authentication\/\">Improve your email authentication<\/a> and <a href=\"\/support\/email\/view-email-settings\/\">use secure settings<\/a> for better protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we show you how to view full email header and body information in the Thunderbird email client. 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