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April 28, 2008
View Complete Message Source in Outlook
I was trying to pin down the physical location of someone that sent me an email (for reasons that I won't go into due to concerns that it may incriminate me or lead to the premature demise of said person), but I was disappointed that I couldn't get all of the data I wanted from the email. I found this post which promises to make Outlook save more detailed email information from criminals I run across in the future.
To set up Outlook so you can see the complete source of emails:
* Press Windows-R
* Type "regedit".
* Hit Enter.
* Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\Mail.
* (For Outlook 2003, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Mail).
* Select Edit | New | DWord from the menu.
* Type "SaveAllMIMENotJustHeaders".
* Hit Enter.
* Double-click the newly created SaveAllMIMENotJustHeaders value.
* Type "1".
* Click OK.
* Close the registry editor.
* Restart Outlook if it has been running.Now you can retrieve the source of newly retrieved POP messages (editing the SaveAllMIMENotJustHeaders value does not restore the complete message source for emails that were already in Outlook):
* Click on the desired message with the right mouse button in the Outlook mailbox.
* Select Options... from the menu.
* Find the message source under the (now improperly named) Internet headers: section.
Posted by Rob Kiser on April 28, 2008 at 10:48 PM
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