Comments on: View E-mail Source in Thunderbird

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:21:06 +0000

I got this far on my own. How do I turn this info into a geographic location?
I’m selling something on Craig’s List. I keep getting “Is this still available?”. When I reply (and they see my email address)they want me to ship it and get paid through PayPal.Obviously a scam. If I can tell it did not originate locally I could ignore it and not give up my email address.

By: Rrick

Rrick — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:43:34 +0000

Cool mail tip…Also you can view the source of a message in hotmail, just right click on it and select view source.

By: Pee Jay

Pee Jay — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:43:53 +0000

CTRL F3 does not work in my version of Thunderbird (7.0.1). CTRL U is the shortcut.

By: Jeane

Jeane — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:24:30 +0000

Quicker, easier to just do Ctrl F3

By: C. Hargis

C. Hargis — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:44:59 +0000

Really enjoyed this tip! There are lots of times when I would really like to know the source of an email. Thanks, Andrew!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:05:41 +0000

Why the step “Now, highlight all the test in the message…”? I do this a lot and never highlight anything. Also, I prefer “View Source With”, just a preference from the old days.

By: Maurie Rose

Maurie Rose — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:11:59 +0000

Is it not easier to click:- Other Actions>View Source (Eudora)
Or Block>cntrl+u

I also check the url by passing the cursor over the contact link.
Maurie Rose

By: K.Vee.Shanker.

K.Vee.Shanker. — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:51:46 +0000

Hi Andrew,

This is really useful to all, particularly the fraudulent mails masquerading as from banks! An easier method to identify such mails is just passing the mouse cursor without clicking of course, over the contact link(with bank name). The true id will be shown in the pop up.