GLOBAL BACKGROUND CHECKS & INVESTIGATIONS

Email Samples

Wymoo investigators or its affiliates would like 1 to 2 email samples as part of the case material for your investigation. In addition to the standard body of the email, we request that you also submit the email headers. The email headers should be copied and pasted into the email sample form on the Case Data Center. The header is requested, but not required.

What are the email headers?
An email header is technical information that is part of every email message, but is usually hidden from users. This data is primarily for computers that the email passes through when it is being transmitted via the Internet. It is mainly for routing purposes. Because it is for computers and not for the user, it is normally hidden from view. The email header can be valuable for tracing an email source.

What does an email header look like?
An email header usually looks something like the below sample.

Received: (qmail 17860 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2008 00:12:49 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO pre-smtp32-01.progesa5.secureserver2.org) ([19.0.15.150])
(envelope-sender <bobwymoo@yahoo.com>)
by smtp07-01.prod.meta5.secureserver.net (qmail-1.25) with SMTP
for <emailsample@wymoo.com>; 5 Feb 2008 00:12:49 -0000
Received: (qmail 6032 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2008 00:12:49 -0000
Received: from web62106.mail.re1.yahoo.com ([64.143.72.266])
DomainKey-Signature: a=raa-sh22; q=dns; c=noxws; s=s3334; d=yahoo.com;
X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:12:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Bob Wymoo<bobwymoo@test.com>
Reply-To: bobwymoo@test.com
Subject: RE: Email Forwarding Help
To: Bob Test <bobwymoo@test.com>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1923-12965"

Why do we request the email header with the email sample?
As part of our investigation, Wymoo will analyze and trace the email sample to determine or confirm the subject's location.

I found the email header, now what?
Paste 1 email sample from the subject into the Case Data Center. (with email body text included)

I need help finding the email header.
Below are instructions on how to find the email headers for some of the most common email services.

I cannot find the email header. Now what?
Don't worry. Just paste 1 to 2 standard email samples. The email header is not required.


Yahoo Mail Classic

1. Log into your Yahoo! Mail account
2. Open the email sample you wish to forward.
3. On the bottom right corner, click on 'Full Headers'
4. Copy the entire email header on top.
5. Paste email header into the Case Tracker.


Yahoo Mail

1. Log into your Yahoo! Mail account
2. Open the email sample you wish to forward
3. On top right, click on down arrow next to 'Standard Header'
4. Select 'Full Header' and copy data in the new Full Message Headers window.
5. Close Full Message Headers window, and click Forward.
6. Paste email header into top of email sample.
7. Submit to Wymoo via Case Tracker.


Hotmail

1. Log into Hotmail.
2. Click on Options on the top right.
3. Click on Mail Display Settings, Advanced or Full, and click Ok
4. Copy email header information.
5. Click Forward on the email sample message.
6. Paste email header into top of message.
7. Submit to Wymoo investigator.


Hotmail in Windows Live

1. Log into Hotmail.
2. Click on Inbox in right pane.
3. Right click on the email sample you wish to forward.
4. Click View Message Source.
5. Copy email header information in top of new window.
6. Open email message you wish to forward.
7. Click Forward.
8. Paste email header into top of message.
9. Submit to Wymoo investigator.


Outlook

1. Double click on the email to open in own window.
2. Click on View and Options
3. Highlight and copy the internet header at bottom of new window.
4. Close window. Click forward on email you wish to send.
5. Paste email header into top of message.
6. Submit to Wymoo via Case Tracker.


Gmail

1. Open the email message you wish to forward.
2. Click on the down arrow next to Reply.
3. Click on show original.
4. Copy email header from top of this new window.
5. Close new window.
6. Click on Forward, paste email header into top of message.
7. Submit to Wymoo investigator.


AIM or AOL

1. Connect to email via aol.com.
2. Open the email sample you wish to forward.
3. Click on Details and the email headers will appear in a new window.
4. Highlight and copy the email header.
5. Go back to the email sample and click on Forward.
6. Paste email header into top of the message.
7. Submit to Wymoo investigator.


Thunderbird

1. Open the email sample you wish to forward.
2. From the menu, select View, Headers, All.
3. Or alternately, select "View Message Source"
4. Select and copy all of email header.
5. Click Forward on email sample.
6. Paste email header into top of message.
7. Submit to Wymoo investigator.


Mac OS X

1. Open the email message you wish to forward.
2. Select menu item Message, Show, Raw Source
3. Highlight and copy the email header.
4. Click Forward on email sample.
5. Paste email header into top of message.
6. Submit to Wymoo investigator.