{"id":8626,"date":"2023-01-31T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T23:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=8626"},"modified":"2023-01-31T22:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T14:37:31","password":"","slug":"how-to-view-email-header-on-mac-os-mail-app","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-view-email-header-on-mac-os-mail-app\/","title":{"rendered":"How to view email header on Mac OS Mail App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mail inboxes would show who your message is from, and when it is delivered. But email headers can show you more specific information such as List-ID, or Resent-From information, which is not visible right away. Here\u2019s how you can view email header fully when you have the Mac OS Mail app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look for the Mail app using the Spotlight search, or from your dock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/image-3-150x150.png\" alt=\"mac os mail app\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/image-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/image-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/image-3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/image-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/image-3-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/image-3.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Single-click on the email you want to view header from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. On the navigation bar, click on <\/span><b>View<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/mac-os-mail-menu-view.png\" alt=\"mac os mail menu view\" width=\"705\" height=\"25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/mac-os-mail-menu-view.png 705w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/mac-os-mail-menu-view-300x11.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Select <\/span><b>Message<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then click <\/span><b>All Headers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/mac-os-mail-message-all-headers.png\" alt=\"mac os mail message all headers\" width=\"705\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/mac-os-mail-message-all-headers.png 705w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/mac-os-mail-message-all-headers-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new window should give you the full header details of your selected email.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. If you would like a more comprehensive view of the header again, click on <\/span><b>View<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then <\/span><b>Message<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And select <\/span><b>Default Headers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mail inboxes would show who your message is from, and when it is delivered. But email headers can show you more specific information such as List-ID, or Resent-From information, which is not visible right away. Here\u2019s how you can view email header fully when you have the Mac OS Mail app. 1. Look for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[32],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8626","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-email-hosting"],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":126,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"syd123","author_nicename":"syd123","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/author\/syd123\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Email Hosting","term_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help-category\/email-hosting\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8630,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8626\/revisions\/8630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=8626"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=8626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}