> What is the exact series of steps to show headers in Microsoft
> Outlook? Be elementary and thorough in your descriptions, because I

Joe..  I think this info came originally from Microsoft's help pages..

OUTLOOK 95 & 97:
     How to Show Extended E-mail Headers:

To show extended e-mail headers in Microsoft Outlook

1.Open the appropriate e-mail message.
2.Select Options from the View menu. This will show additional information that
includes the return path, received from data, and the message id.

This and email programs are listed in
http://angus.interspeed.net/listowner/email/

and on http://angus.interspeed.net/listowner/spam.html are links to howTos on how to
read headers and stuff ;-)

  ...Cleo  [log in to unmask]