Last updated on: 2018-06-01
Authored by: William Loy
This article describes how to view message headers in Rackspace Email webmail.
For more information on prerequisite terminology, see Cloud Office support terminology.
Log in to your mailbox at apps.rackspace.com.
Select the message for which you want to view the headers.
In the message preview pane tool bar, click More, and then select View Full Header.
The Full Header box displays with the full contents of the message header.
You have successfully viewed the message headers in Rackspace Email webmail.
The following header is an example of a spoofed message. If you suspect that you have received a spoofing email, see Email spoofing explained for more information.
Delivered-To: boss@yourdomainexample.com<br>
Return-Path: <spoofer@yourdomainexample.com><br>
Delivered-To: boss@yourdomainexample.com<br>
Received: from sapps.net ([000.00.00.0]) by sapps.net (Dovecot) with LMTP id asdkasdfiwlefj for <boss@yourdomainexample.com>; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:41 -0400
Received: from proxy.net ([000.00.00.0]) by sapps.net; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:41 -0400
Received: from smtp (000.00.00.0) by apps.net; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:41 -0400
Return-Path: <spoofer@yourdomainexample.com>
X-Originating-Ip: [00.000.000.00]
Received: from [000.00.00.0] ([000.00.00.0] server.com) by apps.net; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:40 -0400
Received: from server.com (localhost [000.00.00.0]) by server.com for <boss@yourdomainexample.com>; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:40 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from apps.net (sapps.net [000.00.00.0]) by server.com (SMTP Server) for <boss@yourdomainexample.com>; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:40 -0400 (EDT)
X-Sender-Id: spoofer@yourdomainexample.com
Received: from (apps.net [000.00.00.0]) by 0.0.0.0:00; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:40 -0400
Received: from yourdomainexample.com (localhost.localdomain [000.00.00.0]) by apps.net (Postfix) with for <boss@yourdomainexample.com>; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:40 -0400 (EDT)
Received: by apps.rackspace.com (Authenticated sender: spoofer@yourdomainexample.com, from: assistant@yourdomainexample.com) with HTTP; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:40 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Send $$$
From: "Assistant" <assistant@yourdomainexample.com>
To: boss@yourdomainexample.com
Reply-To: spoofer@scam.com
Message-ID: <12345867.91012345@apps.rackspace.com>
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