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How to View the Raw Source of an Email in FastMail

By , About.com Guide

"Raw source" doesn't sound very friendly, huh? And indeed the source of an email is not nearly as pleasant to look at as the refined display you normally see in FastMail.

Still, peeking at the source of an email is sometimes useful. You can find out about the path it took, and thus you can trace spammers to complain about them. In FastMail, getting down to the source of any message is easy.

View the Raw Source of an Email in FastMail

To see the complete source of a message in FastMail:

  • Open the message in FastMail.
  • Click More.
  • Select Show Raw Message from the menu that appears.

To go return, close the source view browser window.

(Updated March 2013)

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