Need email "View Source" back
"View Source" was an important tool for looking at the source (headers, body, servers, etc.) of a received message. It was in the context menu (right-click) but is no longer there. I could not find it in the menus either.
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mcepek
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WORKAROUND: log into the Web Outlook version instead, right-click on the message, and select "View message details".
It is so wrong, in this era of scam and spam and fraud, that Microsoft would omit this feature from the interface.
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Justin Palk
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I agree - this is a necessary feature, and it's inconvenient to have to go back to the "old outlook" to access it.
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A Ott
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Troubleshooting without view SMTP headers is impossible. So I don't care about the "new" look if functionality like this is lost!
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Matt Leipham Ellis
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The third-party Add-in "Message Header Analyzer" looks useful but many organizations limit access to these services.
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Rohin N
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There is an integrated "Message Header Analyzer" on the new version, see the three dot option just below the search
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Peter Weil
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How ridiculous. Any email client worth its salt should offer the ability to view *both* headers and source. How MS could think that they should leave these out is beyond me.
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Kirk
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Not sure what possessed the devs to remove such a fundamental feature. And it's not as if it's hard to implement--just send the unmodified original email to a text editor. This makes the "new" Outlook a no-go for me.
And installing an add-in (Message Header Analyzer) that "...can read or modify the contents of any item in your mailbox, and create new items. It can access personal information -- such as the body, subject, sender, recipients, or attachments -- in any message or calendar item. It may send this data to a third-party service" is not an acceptable solution.
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RMilk
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Please add this back. View Source is the only way to see the actual headers for viewing SPAM messages.
Along these lines - when you Save / export a message into .eml format, PLEASE add in the header info. Exported messages do not have any of the extended header info. -
Steve Dussault
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This is an essential feature for email today. Could Microsoft please explain why this feature was removed? New releases of a program should add functionality -not remove it!
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Brian Mogged
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First five minutes of using the new outlook on Mac for work I needed to view source. I had to switch back to get the functionality, very disappointing.
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Joe Taylor
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I need this for reviewing questionable emails. Looked for it today and found it missing. Had to use 'old Outlook' to get the information. Please fix this soon!
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Samantha Mantha
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This should really be built in and is a big step backwards.
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Anonymous
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It is imperative to help avoid phishing to be able to view the source of the email. Removal of this feature is suboptimal.
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Charles
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You can view the message header in the "New Outlook" by saving the email to file and then opening the corresponding *.eml file with either TextEdit or Notepad.
It's not as easy but it works.
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Francois Grenier
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Message Header Analyzer will do it and format the information nicely.
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Phillip
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I want to be able to build pretty and reliable emails, part of that is being able to see what Outlook sees in my markup. As an email developer this is critical for debugging.
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Slowtick
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To view raw email an essential feature. Helps understanding under the hood and gives peace of mind for the curious
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Anonymous
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Please bring this feature back. It is much needed for InfoSec folks.
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Anil
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We are very much required
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Martin
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Added votes to this! I was advised of a workaround which is to drag the mail to a text editor which would be perfectly good enough if the resulting source included the headers. As an email admin trying to diagnose client email delivery problems, not being able to message headers means going back to "old" Outlook or ditching Outlook entirely for something else.
